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While developing Star Trek Spock was originally going to be from Mars, however due to a concern that a Martian landing might take place before the end of the series his home planet was changed.
A Toronto man built a wooden staircase for safe entry to a park for $550 after he learned that the city-made staircase would cost $65K-150K. Although it was removed by city staffs due to safety concerns, the mayor called and thanked him for his effort, and a new stairway was built for $10K.
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Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track. Fellow drivers declined and Lauda suffered a crash in the second lap which left him with half face and scalp burned.
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Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected however, he decided not to due to "national security concerns"
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At the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, customer names cannot be called out or written on cups due to security concerns.
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Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies
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Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected, he decided not to due to "national security concerns"
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The inventor of the black box only worked on it in secret, and it was originally rejected by the aviation community due to privacy concerns. Before the invention, troubleshooting crashes was extremely difficult, and lessons learned from black boxes have improved airline safety significantly.
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Vitamin A enriched rice, developed nearly 15 years ago, could have prevented hundreds of thousands of cases of childhood blindness. It has never been used due to concerns over GMO foods.
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In 2013, Melbourne, Australia assigned it's trees individual email address with the idea that if citizens had any concerns they could make reports. The plan backfired due to people sending love letters to their favorite trees.
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In 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch of the West on an episode of Sesame Street. Children were found to be "exceptionally attentive" during the scenes with the witch. Due to concerned parents, the episode was only shown once. There are no existing copies today.
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Blue Raspberry was created for use in snow cones due to concerns over FD&C Red No. 2 dye; the research that deemed it safe had been sponsored by the companies producing the dye. The artificial flavor we know as raspberry was primarily created from banana, cherry, and pineapple esters (essences).
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In Victorian times, ice cream was sold in small quantities called a 'penny lick' wherein a small amount of ice cream was placed onto a licking glass, which the customer would lick clean and return. It was banned due to concerns about spreading TB, as the glass was not washed between customers.
The famous Wiggles hand gesture was created due to child safety concerns. The gesture ensures that their hands are visible at all times in all photos. - source
From the thirties until the seventies, fluoroscopes were common in children's shoe stores. They are live x-ray machines that let you see the bones in your feet when you wiggle your toes. By 1970, 33 states had banned them due to health concerns. - source
In 1983, the American Association of Blood Banks was told by the CDC that their blood supply was infecting people with the AIDs virus, but they refused to screen the supply due to cost concerns.
In 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups. - source
About Alana Saarinen, the girl with three biological parents. Alana’s nuclear DNA is from her mother and father, with mitochondrial DNA from another woman. This procedure has now been banned due to safety and ethical concerns.
Universal Studios, United Artists, and Disney rejected to get involved with "Star Wars" due to budget concerns or believing it wouldn't succeed due to being too strange. Only 20th Century Fox agreed because they wanted to form relations with George Lucas after his success of "American Graffiti".
Saturday morning cartoon ad bumpers (“After these messages...”) were introduced due to concerns that “children ‘cannot distinguish conceptually between programming and advertising.”
Due to concerns over using a sole “L” for the 50th Super Bowl logo, the 2016 NFL championship will be known as Super Bowl 50. The league has used a Roman numeral to denote every title game since Super Bowl V. The change will only be temporary, returning in 2017 for Super Bowl LI.
Hog-morse happened when rookie telegraph users made timing errors. One alleged case concerns the similarity of "L" and "T". A customer sent a request for "undressed staves (wood)" to a Virginia firm. Due to hog-morse, "slaves" was sent instead. The firm reminded the sender that slavery was over.
George Lucas was originally going to direct Apocalypse Now. However, he shelved the project due to the studio's safety concerns as Lucas wanted to shoot the film in Vietnam while the war was still going on.
