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* The ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' song "Hyper Eurobeat" is neither hyper nor eurobeat. |
* The ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' song "Hyper Eurobeat" is neither hyper nor eurobeat. |
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* The band [[wikipedia:Texas (band)|Texas]] are from Scotland and are not a country-western band. |
* The band [[wikipedia:Texas (band)|Texas]] are from Scotland and are not a country-western band. |
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* The psytrance project Texas Faggott is from Finland, not Texas, and they're not gay. |
* The psytrance project Texas Faggott is from Finland, not Texas, and they're not gay. Nor are they dry sticks or very large meatballs. Or bassoons. |
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** Nor are they dry sticks or very large meatballs. Or bassoons. |
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* Nobody in [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] [[I Am Not Shazam|was officially named or nicknamed Blondie]], although Debbie Harry was sometimes called that by fans (to her annoyance). |
* Nobody in [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] [[I Am Not Shazam|was officially named or nicknamed Blondie]], although Debbie Harry was sometimes called that by fans (to her annoyance). |
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* [[REM]]'s CD ''Green'' has an orange and black cover. |
* [[REM]]'s CD ''Green'' has an orange and black cover. |
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*** To avoid confusion, they were called the West Indies. |
*** To avoid confusion, they were called the West Indies. |
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*** One humorist wrote an essay with Columbus telling a Caribbean native that his ship had guns, and therefore if '''he''' said they were Indians.... The native replied, "Welcome to India, sahib!" |
*** One humorist wrote an essay with Columbus telling a Caribbean native that his ship had guns, and therefore if '''he''' said they were Indians.... The native replied, "Welcome to India, sahib!" |
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** Likewise, "Native American" literally means anyone born in America (the supercontinent, not the country called the United States of America). <!-- Native Americans are not even native to the Americas; they crossed over the Bering Strait from Asia. MOD: By that reasoning, any human who |
** Likewise, "Native American" literally means anyone born in America (the supercontinent, not the country called the United States of America). <!-- Native Americans are not even native to the Americas; they crossed over the Bering Strait from Asia. MOD: By that reasoning, any human who was not born, raised, and still lives in the [[w:Olduvai Gorge|Olduvai Gorge]] is an immigrant. That illogic is used by racists to attempt to justify taking other people's lands; please do not restore it. --> All of the Native Americans born in the last few thousand years were born in the Americas, so they ''are'' Native Americans. |
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*** [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when Lisa tries to dedicate a toast to a Native American and Homer accepts since he was native born. No no, Lisa is referring to an American Indian; Apu accepts since he immigrated. No no, Lisa means- |
*** [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when Lisa tries to dedicate a toast to a Native American and Homer accepts since he was native born. No no, Lisa is referring to an American Indian; Apu accepts since he immigrated. No no, Lisa means- |
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*** William Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, claimed on ''The Colbert Report'' that he's more of a Native American than any Indian, because he was born in New York and [[You Fail Logic Forever|"those people came over from Asia."]] |
*** William Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, claimed on ''The Colbert Report'' that he's more of a Native American than any Indian, because he was born in New York and [[You Fail Logic Forever|"those people came over from Asia."]] |
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