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Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte contained no real pumpkin for 12 years after its 2003 debut — its flavor came only from cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Only after customer backlash did Starbucks add real kabocha pumpkin puree, about 2%, starting in 2015.

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Starbucks' mermaid logo, the Siren, was topless when it debuted in 1971. In 1987, her long hair was redrawn to cover her chest; in 1992, the design zoomed in on her face and cropped out her lower body — as if she had dressed herself bit by bit.

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The first Webcam was made not for meetings, but to check whether Coffee was left. In 1991, Cambridge researchers aimed a camera at a distant coffee pot to avoid wasted trips; in 1993, the feed went on the web and became an early Internet landmark.

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