Mid 2000s facts
While investigating facts about Mid 2000s, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In the mid 2000s, Disney bid the rights to use Harry Potter for theme park attractions. However, Disney refused to give its creative control to JK Rowling's demands, and JK Rowling went to Universal Parks & Resorts instead, in which Universal gave into her terms.
Nickelodeon, a children's television channel, used to run an ad during the mid 2000s warning about the dangers of hidden sugars and how to correctly identify them.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about Mid 2000s I managed to collect.
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In the mid-2000s Kevin Smith was approached about the possibility of a Jay & Silent Bob/Hellraiser crossover as sort of a 21st century Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein. They would have opened the box and their version of Hell would have been rehab.
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In the mid-2000s, the recording industry commissioned an anti-piracy PSA. Ironically, components of the PSA were themselves pirated, most notably the background music that was used without permission.
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Chinese Drywall, used in the U.S. in the mid 2000s. It was so widely used and had so much sulphuric compound off-gassing, that it has destroyed (or is destroying) the copper components in houses across the U.S.
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Nintendo sponsored a touring rock festival named the "Nintendo Fusion Tour" in the mid 2000s that featured bands such as Evanescence, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! at the Disco.
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In the early-to-mid 2000s, a Chinese counterfeiting ring managed to establish a fake version of the NEC company, complete with their own R&D, warranty cards and over 50 factories working for them.
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In the mid-2000s, NYC prisoners would refer to their prison-issued sneakers as "Air Patakis", in reference to the state's former governor.
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Purple & funky colored ketchup was a thing in the mid 2000s
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In the 1930s and onwards, Soviet Russia built research stations on top of drifting Arctic ice. Since the mid-2000s it became difficult to find suitable ice floe to station camp on, and a specially designed ship to continue this research is expected to be commissioned in 2020.
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In 2014 a new radio genre, "classic hip hop", premiered. Classic hip hop songs can be as recent as the mid-2000s.
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There was a real-life Gossip Girl in the mid 2000s
