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In 1996, Pepsi ran a joke advertisement offering a Harrier fighter jet for 7 million Pepsi Points. John Leonard exploited a catalog loophole to claim the jet for about $700,000, and when Pepsi refused, an actual lawsuit followed.
In 2003, Barbra Streisand sued to remove an aerial photo of her Malibu home from the Internet, calling it a Privacy issue. Before the Lawsuit, it had only 6 views; after news spread, 420,000 people saw it within a month. Trying to hide information can make it far more visible.
Greenland is mostly ice, yet its name means 'green land.' Around 982 the VikingErik the Red, exiled from Iceland for murder, founded a colony and chose an appealing name to lure settlers. The fjords he settled did green in summer. Around 985, 25 ships set out; 14 arrived.
In 1992, Pepsi's bottle cap sweepstakes in the Philippines accidentally printed the grand prize number on 800,000 caps. When Pepsi refused to pay the $32 billion total, riots broke out and at least five people died.
In football broadcasts, tech shows each country a different ad on the same LED board. The board flickers ads faster than the eye can follow, and each country's camera syncs its shutter to catch only its frames. One board splits into up to four feeds.