Together with Talkspace. Who was NOT a founding member of the original Avengers? If you're a fan of the Avengers, you have DC's Justice League to thank — following the success of the superhero team's comics, Stan Lee's boss basically told him to get cranking on his own version. And voila, the Avengers were born. But that was like 60 years ago. In 1963 the very first Avengers comic book came out. Since then they've cycled through seemingly endless iterations between comics, film, video games,...
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What early ‘80s hit inspired thousands of unwanted phone calls? Remember the days not only before cell phones but before caller ID? It was madness. If your phone rang and you were home, not only did you definitely answer it, everyone in the house raced to be the first to pick it up. It could literally be anyone calling you for all you know, but you sure as hell weren't going to miss that chance to interact with the outside world. Now if I get a call I don't recognize, and usually even when I...
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What store held the first Thanksgiving Day parade? It's hard to think of a better way to show how grateful you are than to watch a bunch of giant balloons on TV as your Uncle Jerry sips on a Bloody Mary and steps outside every 30 seconds to smoke a cigarette. For about a century, the Thanksgiving Day parade has been a staple of American life, but the Pilgrims didn't come up with this one — no, we have capitalism to thank. It was a store that first introduced this holiday tradition. But which...
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Which rock star appeared on Highlander: The Series? We all had the same thought after watching the original Highlander movie in 1986: Does Connor MacLeod have a fellow clansman who's buffer and can take his shirt off more? In 1992, we got that answer with a resounding "yes" when Highlander: The Series introduced us to Duncan MacLeod, an immortal who had been hiding out for about 400 years but who now has to face his fate and rejoin the Game. Running in syndication for six seasons, the series...
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When did Queen Elizabeth II take the throne? For generations, Queen Elizabeth II endured as a royal icon. Take pretty much anyone in the world over the last several decades and show them a picture of her, and they'd probably know who she was. Not a lot of people can say that. Through multiple wars, royal weddings, and plenty of scandals, Elizabeth basically had one really bad year — as she called it, her annus horribilis — but for the most part enjoyed plenty of popularity in the UK and...
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Steven Spielberg digitally replaced rifles with walkie-talkies in which of his classic movies? There are few — if any — directors that can match the number of all-time classic movies as Steven Spielberg. This dude just knows how to make movies that people want to watch, and not just once but over and over again. Hell, he essentially invented the concept of the summer blockbuster. But even the great Spielberg can be prone to wanting to go back and make a few tweaks when given the chance. In...
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Together with Hear.com. Who did Nirvana knock out of the top spot when they hit no. 1? I’m not sure how exactly to impart upon kids today just how shocking it was when Nirvana — the grungy, punky, antithesis of pop, loud band from the Pacific NorthWest — reached no. 1 on the Billboard charts. Given the number of Nirvana shirts I see teenagers wearing these days, it seems like to a young person Nirvana was probably always one of the biggest rock bands around, and that their music was always...
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Together with Brad's Deals. What's the name of the robot on Lost in Space? If you add "Will Robinson" to "Danger!" anytime you hear or say that word, you can thank Lost in Space, the sci-fi TV series that ran from 1965-68 (and occasionally gets a reboot, but let's put that out of your mind for this one). Based on essentially taking the plot of The Swiss Family Robison and putting it in space (brilliant), the show ran for three seasons and 83 episodes. Set in the far, far, extremely distant...
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