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List of common misconceptions – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“There was no widespread outbreak of panic across the United States in response to Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Only a very small share of the radio audience was even listening to it, and isolated reports of scattered incidents and increased call volume to emergency services were played up the next day by newspapers, eager to discredit radio as a competitor for advertising. Both Welles and CBS, which had initially reacted apologetically, later came to realize that the myth benefited them and actively embraced it in their later years.[49][50] “
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TidBITS: FunBITS: Bears in Boats Fighting Crime
“Ah, the non-serious come out to play. Naturally you would be the uneducated – unfamiliar with critical review. Yet, amazingly, you seek out opportunities to ‘contribute’ – what? Nothing of any value or substance. My god, your triviality…do either of you contribute anything to the world of Ideas or Art? And just how would you respond if you had created something of value that someone thoughtlessly tore down?”
The author responding to a book review . . . for his book . . . with teddy bears as characters.
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From Threadless Finally, proof the dog did eat your homework. Threadless is also a great site for puns and other hooks for a variety of subjects if you’re willing to look- and who wouldn’t have fun looking? Studying communism? Geometry?
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