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• TV Static & The Big Bang: https://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/ideas/bang.html
• TV Static & The Big Bang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background
• TV Static & The Big Bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1speNu6oR8&feature=emb_title
• YouTube Viewing Behavior: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/
• TV Habits during COVID-19: https://www.mlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/covid-19-tv-habits-show-a-staggering-change-in-viewing-hours-and-what-were-watching.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20data%20from,to%2066%20hours%20a%20week.
• YouTube Behavior during COVID-19: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/uplifting-youtube-content-covid-19-pandemic/359602/

• Kleenex History: https://www.kleenex.co.uk/history/
• Google Search Trends during COVID-19: https://trends.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_4Rjdh3ABAABMHM_en
• Facebook Behavior: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-in-the-age-of-covid-19-users-are-online-but-will-advertisers-pay-to-get-to-them-2020-04-06
• Facebook Ad Boycott: https://adage.com/article/digital/north-face-becomes-first-major-brand-join-facebook-ad-boycott/2262996

• What You Don’t Know About Your Dog’s Nostrils: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/dog-spies/what-you-don-t-know-about-your-dog-s-nostrils/
• Would You Like To Smell Like Space?: https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/eau-de-space-nasa-fragrance.html
• Eau de Space Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eaudespace/what-does-outer-space-smell-like-nasa-designed-fragrance
• Google Keen: https://www.digit.in/news/apps/keen-is-the-latest-attempt-by-google-to-crack-the-social-media-space-54968.html
• Google Keen: https://staykeen.com/landing

• McDonald’s Toys: https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/trivia/mcdonalds-happy-meal-largest-toy-distributor/#:~:text=Since%20the%20inception%20of%20the,the%20restaurants%20include%20a%20toy.
• Fun Facts about McDonald’s: https://www.businessinsider.com/12-facts-about-mcdonalds-that-will-blow-your-mind-2015-4
• Tik Tok Ban: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/u-s-looking-banning-tiktok-chinese-social-media-apps-pompeo-n1233042

• The Great Molasses Flood: https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919
• The Great Molasses Flood: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/685154620/a-deadly-tsunami-of-molasses-in-bostons-north-end
• People Who Imagine Disasters: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200707-how-we-can-prepare-for-disaster
• Twitter – Read Before Sharing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/06/10/twitter-begins-asking-users-to-actually-read-articles-before-sharing-them/#1e30dc6c66a3
• Facebook – Sharing Old Articles: https://www.theverge.com/21304173/facebook-old-news-articles-warning-notification-time
• Social Media COVID-19 Falsehoods: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/social-media-used-to-spread-create-covid-19-falsehoods/

• Twitter Hack: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53428304
• Twitter Hack: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21326200/elon-musk-bill-gates-twitter-hack-bitcoin-scam-compromised
• Twitter Hack: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/twitter-hack-bill-gates-elon-musk.html
• Kanye West: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/893452532/kanye-west-tweets-then-deletes-claims-of-his-familys-concern-and-more
• COVID Concert: https://www.businessinsider.com/german-scientists-host-concert-to-study-how-the-coronavirus-spreads-2020-7

• Saharan Dust: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazon-s-plants
• Saharan Dust: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224102847.htm
• Jeff Bezos: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-amazon-nuance-destruction-machine-social-media-2020-7
• Connected on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81031737
• Tik Tok & Microsoft: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/opinion/tiktok-microsoft-trump.html

• Pez Dispenser: https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/06/smallbusiness/pez-dispenser/index.html
• Bubble Wrap: https://www.businessinsider.com/successful-products-that-were-originally-intended-for-a-completely-different-purpose-2016-3#bubble-wrap-was-originally-marketed-as-wallpaper-3
• Bubble Wrap: https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0508/026.html#35d65eff57fc
• Tik Tok: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/tiktok-creators-say-theyre-not-switching-to-instagram-reels-survey/

• Microwave: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201510/physicshistory.cfm
• Dancing AI: https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/ai-dancing-facebook-research/
• Neutral: https://www.fastcompany.com/90543529/this-browser-extension-shows-you-the-carbon-footprint-of-your-amazon-purchases

• Facebook & The 2020 Election Study: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21421275/facebook-paying-shut-down-accounts-election-instagram-misinformation-interference
• Neil Armstrong’s Hair: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8062442/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/astronauts-hair-sparks-legal-hubbub/#.X1kbXpNKj6B
• How Payment Became Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/New-Money-Payment-Became-Social/dp/0300233221
• How Payment Became Social Media: https://www.theverge.com/21368876/venmo-paypal-square-cash-app-social-media-payments-new-money-lana-swartz-interview

• Hello: https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/fun-facts-word-hello#:~:text=The%20inventor%20Thomas%20Edison%20is,%2C%20but%20%22hello%22%20stuck.
• Goodbye: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/where-the-term-goodbye-comes-from/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGoodbye%E2%80%9D%20comes%20from%20the%20term,Gabriel%20Harvey%20wrote%20in%201573.
• YouTube Shorts: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/building-youtube-shorts
• YouTube Shorts: https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/14/youtube-launches-its-tiktok-rival-youtube-shorts-initially-in-india/?tpcc=ECFB2020&fbclid=IwAR0-_du-wJrnzsmiS9TMAq8n9hYn-lOsbOL_npr2qIbe6vCFlTYgqsvyV2o

• Billy The Kid: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
• Billy The Kid: https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-billy-the-kid
• Shopify Thieves: https://www.businessinsider.com/rogue-shopify-employees-stolen-customer-data-200-shops-2020-9
• Facebook Ad Image Update: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebooks-removing-its-restrictions-on-text-content-in-facebook-ad-images/585705/

• The Social Dilemma: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
• The Social Dilemma: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-issues-official-response-to-claims-made-in-netflix-documentary-th/586351/
• Apple’s Hidden AR: https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/06/apple-hidden-ar-surprise-iphone-12-event/
• Mantis Shrimp: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2008/07/19/the-mantis-shrimp-has-the-worlds-fastest-punch/#close

• Fish Scam: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/21/172589997/one-in-three-fish-sold-at-restaurants-and-grocery-stores-is-mislabeled
• Facebook Neighborhoods: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-launches-test-of-nextdoor-style-neighborhoods-feature/587490/
• Google Is Sued By the DOJ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NK-rlCJGEM&feature=emb_logo