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Breaking down the best drink by type

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This video is based on personal opinion.

I wouldn't go there to get a haircut

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Just saying.

Most national team appearances in these football tournaments

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The football tournaments being the Summer Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, starting with the earliest. Summer Olympics (men's, first: 1900) - Italy and United States (15 each) FIFA World Cup (first: 1930) - Brazil (23) FIFA Women's World Cup (first: 1991) - Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and United States (nine each) Summer Olympics (women's, first: 1996) - Brazil and United States (eight each)

Every film I saw at the cinema and reviewed last year

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Asterisk indicates film was released the year prior to the UK release. Nosferatu * (rated 15, January 4) - 4 out of 5 We Live in Time * (rated 15, January 11) - 4.5 out of 5 A Complete Unknown * (rated 15, January 18) - 5 out of 5 Wolf Man  (rated 15, January 25) - 3 out of 5 Hard Truths * (rated 12A, February 1) - 4 out of 5 Companion  (rated 15, February 8) - 4 out of 5 Dog Man  (rated U, February 15) - 3.5 out of 5 Heart Eyes  (rated 18, February 22) - 4 out of 5 I'm Still Here * (rated 15, March 1) - 5 out of 5 Mickey 17  (rated 15, March 15) - 4 out of 5 (no review on March 8 due to being in Maidenhead at the time) Black Bag  (rated 15, March 22) - 4 out of 5 Novocaine  (rated 15, March 29) - 4 out of 5 A Working Man  (rated 15, April 5) - 3 out of 5 Drop  (rated 15, April 12) - 4 out of 5 Warfare  (rated 15, April 19) - 4 out of 5 The Accountant 2  (rated 15, April 26) - 4 out of 5 Sinners  (rated 15, May 3...

Last episode of this show hosted by Fausto Silva

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Of course, I'm talking about TV Globo sow  Domingão do Faustão (now  Domingão com Huck ) as the June 6, 2021 episode was his last, while the following episode (the last overall before the start of the Luciano Huck era) was hosted by Tiago Liefert.

A surreal ad to promote a schnapps brand

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Back in 2000, Martini did this ad to promote their schnapps brand Metz called "Judderman".

Highest-grossing film per comic book publisher

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Not just DC and Marvel but also others. Marvel - Avengers: Endgame  ($2.798 billion) / Second - Avengers: Infinity War  ($2.048 billion) DC - Aquaman  ($1.152 billion) / Second - The Dark Knight Rises  ($1.114 billion) Non-American (French, Japanese etc) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle  ($781 million) / Second - The Smurfs  ($563.7 million) Dark Horse - 300  ($456.1 million) / Second - The Mask  ($351.6 million) Viz -  Edge of Tomorrow  ($381 million) / Second - N/A Image - Wanted  ($341.4 million) / Second - Spawn  ($87.8 million) Harvey - Casper  ($287.9 million) / Second - Richie Rich  ($38.1 million) IDW - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)  ($191.2 million) / Second - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem  ($118.4 million) Boom - 2 Guns  ($132 million) / Second - The Empty Man  ($4.8 million) Oni - Atomic Blonde  ($100 million) / Second - Scott Pilgrim...

Most titles per North American sports league

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Four major and two mini-major. Major League Baseball (MLB) - New York Yankees (27) / Second-most - St. Louis Cardinals (11) National Hockey League (NHL) - Montreal Canadiens (25) / Second-most - Toronto Maple Leafs (13) National Basketball Association (NBA) - Boston Celtics (18) / Second-most - Los Angeles Lakers (17) National Football League (NFL) - Green Bay Packers (13) / Second-most - Chicago Bears (9) Canadian Football League (CFL) - Edmonton Elks (11) / Second-most - Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9 each) Major League Soccer (MLS) - Los Angeles Galaxy (6) / Second-most - D.C. United (4)

Stuff of legend

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Just in time for this year's World Cup. Featuring Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Vinícius Júnior

Coca-Cola's first dairy product

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This was a joint project with Nestlé called Choglit, which was a chocolate beverage introduced in 2002 but never took off before it was discontinued a year later. Coca-Cola didn't give up on dairy-based beverages as they would launch Swerve not long after, though that didn't last long, discontinuing in 2005.

Coming in more than two months time

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So, the trailer for the second and penultimate season of Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender  has finally arrived. It's coming on June 25.

The Olympic Stadiums that almost were

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There have been only two stadiums that were intended to be held the Olympics but never did due to war such as the Deutsches Stadion (below) in Berlin, Germany (at the time, the German Empire), which was intended to be the main stadium of the 1916 Summer Olympics before it was cancelled due to World War I before being demolished in 1934 (a year after Adolf Hitler took power) to make way for the Olympiastadion, which hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics. And also, the Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium in Tokyo, Japan (at the time, the Japanese Empire), which was intended to be the main stadium of the 1940 Summer Olympics before the games relocated to Helsinki, Finland after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, which ultimately did not happen due to World War II before the stadium was demolished in 1956 (nine years after the empire's dissolution) to make way for the National Stadium, which hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Breakdown of this scene in The Incredibles

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As in "India Gulf Niner-Niner".

In six days' time, the show's coming back

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And of course, here's a compilation of one second from every episode of Malcolm in the Middle .

Star Wars firsts

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This only focuses on their films and TV shows. First film - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) First TV series - Star Wars: Ewoks  (1985-86) First animated film - Star Wars: The Clone Wars  (2008) First live-action TV series - The Mandalorian  (2019-)

Notable anniversaries of Star Trek

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Every fifth anniversary and entries are in fact the TV shows and films. Fifth (1971) - No entries Tenth (1976) - No entries 15th (1981) - No entries due to filming of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 20th (1986) - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 25th (1991) - Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode "Unification" and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 30th (1996) - Star Trek: Voyager  episode "Flashback", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" and Star Trek: First Contact 35th (2001) - Star Trek: Enterprise 40th (2006) - No entries due to cancellation of Enterprise 45th (2011) - No entries 50th (2016) - Star Trek Beyond 55th (2021) - Star Trek: Prodigy 60th (2026) - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Traumatic scene in Flight

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Don't drink and fly.

Fun fact about this Johnnie Walker advert

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Aardman did this 2005 advert. Yes, really.

Publication history of Power Rangers

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Comics of the franchise, of course. Hamilton Comics (1994-95) Marvel Comics (1995-96) Image Comics (1996) Valiant Comics (1997) No comics (1997-2003) Tokyopop (2003-04) Egmont (2005-10) No comics (2010-12) Panini Comics (2012-15) Papercutz (2012-14) Boom Studios (2016-present)

Super Sentai broadcasting history

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This focuses on the franchise's main run on TV Asahi. Showa - Goranger episode 1 to Liveman episode 43 (April 1975 to December 1988) Heisei XX - Liveman episode 44 to Timeranger episode 45 (January 1989 to December 2000) Heisei XXI - Timeranger episode 46 to Ryusoulger episode 7 (January 2001 to April 2019) Reiwa - Ryusoulger episode 8 to Gozyuger episode 49 (April 2019 to February 2026)

Odeon's last ident before their 1997 rebrand

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Prior to 1997, Odeon's wordmark logo was red and a different font. This one is from 1995 and is titled "Target".

A fusion of two Italian coffee desserts

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Of course, it's tiramisu affogato. To break it down, tiramisu is made with coffee-soaked ladyfingers covered with a cream of egg yolks, sugar, mascarpone and cocoa powder, while affogato is made with a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with espresso.

Inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula

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If you think that this is a Malice Mizer music video, you're completely mistaken. It's by another visual kei band called Shazna.

Nearly 54 years since the last lunar mission

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Tonight at 11:24pm BST (6:24pm EDT), Artemis II will be the first crewed space mission related to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. As they say, history will be made.