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Dr Pepper's Wild Guns N' Roses Publicity Stunt to Give Everyone in America a Free Soda
Dr Pepper's Wild Guns N' Roses Publicity Stunt to Give Everyone in America a Free Soda
Band Aid: The Charitable—and Controversial—History of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
Band Aid: The Charitable—and Controversial—History of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
When
Pokémon
Sent Hundreds of Viewers to the Hospital
When
Pokémon
Sent Hundreds of Viewers to the Hospital
When Disco Demolition Night Nearly Demolished Chicago's Comiskey Park
When Disco Demolition Night Nearly Demolished Chicago's Comiskey Park
Super Bowl: When Tie-In Novelty Cereals Ruled the 1980s
10 Things We Learned From Vanilla Ice's 1991 Autobiography,
Ice by Ice
Overall Charm: Remembering Hasbro's My Buddy Doll
Up in the Air: When 'Balloon Boy' Took Flight
A Tasty History of Edible Underwear
The One Where Jennifer Aniston's 'Rachel' Haircut on
Friends
Became a Phenomenon
A Quick History of Hidden Camera TV Commercials
The Great Bart Simpson T-Shirt School Ban of 1990
Hard Sell: A History of the Pet Rock
A Hazardous History of the Slip 'N Slide
The Long Stride of Tony Little, Infomercial Titan
A Timeless History of the Swatch Watch
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