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* Mark Wilkinson of Birmingham, England gave his 16-foot fishing boat the tongue-in-cheek name ''Titanic II'' and took it on its maiden voyage in Dorset in June 2011. [http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/07/whats-in-a-name-titanic-ii-sinks-during-maiden-voyage/ No points for guessing what happened to it.] |
* Mark Wilkinson of Birmingham, England gave his 16-foot fishing boat the tongue-in-cheek name ''Titanic II'' and took it on its maiden voyage in Dorset in June 2011. [http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/07/whats-in-a-name-titanic-ii-sinks-during-maiden-voyage/ No points for guessing what happened to it.] |
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* Various castles and fortresses that were declared to be "impregnable" at one point or another, although since any television documentary involving a successful siege operation invokes this trope one has to wonder how often that claim was actually made. |
* Various castles and fortresses that were declared to be "impregnable" at one point or another, although since any television documentary involving a successful siege operation invokes this trope one has to wonder how often that claim was actually made. |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U10yKDDvIdc In 2011, John Oliver mockingly dared Donald Trump to run for President], |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U10yKDDvIdc In 2011, John Oliver mockingly dared Donald Trump to run for President], making it plainly known that in Oliver's opinion Trump's candidacy could never be anything but a sad joke. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. |
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