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Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976 to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aaron Spelling . It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working in a private detective agency in Los Angeles , California, and originally starred Kate Jackson , Farrah Fawcett (billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors), and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone. There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd joined; after Jackson departed, Shelley Hack joined, who was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels ------------------------------ A pin-back button or pinback button,  pin button , bu...

An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades . Most arcade games are video games , pinball machines , electro-mechanical games , redemption games or merchandisers . While exact dates are debated, the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid-1980s. Excluding a brief resurgence in the early 1990s, the arcade industry subsequently declined in the Western hemisphere as competing home video game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox increased in their graphics and game-play capability and decreased in cost. The Eastern Hemisphere retains a strong arcade industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game ------------------------------ A pin-back button or pinback button,  pin button , button badge or simply pin-back or badge, is a  button  or...

TNT is a  block  that can be used by the player to initiate a controlled  explosion . TNT can be broken instantly with any tool, or without a tool. However, primed TNT cannot be broken, as it is an entity. TNT will also drop when a  minecart with TNT  is broken. https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/TNT ------------------------------ Minecraft is a sandbox video game created and designed by Swedish game designer Markus "Notch" Persson , and later fully developed and published by Mojang . The creative and building aspects of Minecraft enable players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. Multiple gameplay modes are available, including a survival mode where the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly, an adven...

Fallout  is a series of  post-apocalyptic   retrofuturistic   role-playing video games . It was created by  Interplay Entertainment . Although the series is set during the 22nd and 23rd centuries, its  atompunk   retrofuturistic  setting and artwork are influenced by the post-war  culture of 1950s America , and its combination of hope for the promises of technology, and lurking fear of  nuclear annihilation . A forerunner for Fallout is  Wasteland , a 1988 video game of which the Fallout series is regarded to be a  spiritual successor . Although the game worlds are different, the background story, inhabitants, locations, and characters draw many parallels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(series) ------------------------------ Game of Thrones  is an American  fantasy   drama  television series created by  David Benioff  and  D. B. Weiss . It is an adaptation of  A Song of Ice and Fi...

Dragon Radar, Bleeper in the Ocean Group dubs , and Dragon Ball Energy Locator in the live-action film, Dragon Ball Evolution , is a tracking device that makes finding the Dragon Balls more efficient, compared to conventional methods. The portable Dragon Radar was designed and built by Bulma to help locate Dragon Balls. Although the Dragon Team 's Dragon Radar was developed by Bulma, Bulma is not the only one who developed the concept of a Dragon Radar, as Emperor Pilaf , as well as the Red Ribbon Army , possess Global Dragon Radars that are implied to have been invented before Goku and Bulma met each other. Dragon Balls emit a faint electromagnetic pulse, which Dragon Radars can detect. The Dragon Radar developed by Bulma points arrows in the directions of nearby Dragon Balls. Pressing the button on the top can cause the view to zoom out and show a more detailed map of the area. Under certain circumstances, the Dragon Radar can't detect Dragon Balls, as shown in Dragon Bal...

Attack on Titan  is a Japanese  manga  series written and illustrated by  Hajime Isayama . The series began in  Kodansha 's  Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine  on September 9, 2009, and has been collected into 22  tankōbon  volumes as of April 2017. It is set in a world where humanity lives in cities surrounded by enormous walls; a defense against the Titans, gigantic humanoids that eat humans seemingly without reason. The story initially centers on  Eren Yeager , his adopted sister  Mikasa Ackerman  and childhood friend  Armin Arlert , who join the military to fight the Titans after their home town is invaded and Eren's mother is eaten. However, as the story progresses and the truths about the Titans are slowly revealed to the reader, the narrative shifts to encompass Historia Reiss, squad leader Levi, Eren's father Grisha, and other supporting characters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan -----------------------------...

Molly Weasley (née Prewett) (b. 30 October , 1949 or 1950 ) was an English pure-blood witch and matriarch of the Weasley family after marrying Arthur Weasley . She was born into the Prewett family and was sister to Fabian and Gideon Prewett , members of the original Order of the Phoenix . Molly attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor House . Sometime after she graduated, both her brothers were murdered by Death Eaters in the First Wizarding War . Molly and Arthur ended up having seven children, consisting of six sons named Bill , Charlie , Percy , Fred, George and Ron and only one daughter named Ginny Weasley . She also played a large part in the life of Harry Potter , acting as a motherly figure towards him. Molly was a member of the revived Order of the Phoenix following the return of Lord Voldemort and participated in the final battle of the Second Wizarding War . Her actions during this battle caused her to be known as the wit...

Ichigo Kurosaki is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo . He is the main protagonist of the series, who receives Soul Reaper powers after befriending Rukia Kuchiki , the Soul Reaper assigned to patrol around the fictional city of Karakura Town. These powers come at the cost of Rukia's own, and as a result, Ichigo concedes to work as Rukia's stand-in, fighting to protect people from evil spirits called Hollows and sending good spirits, wholes , to a dimension known as the Soul Society . In addition to the manga series, Ichigo appears in many other pieces of Bleach media, including the anime series, the four featured films, the two original video animations , rock musicals , several video games , light novels and the 2018 live-action film . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichigo_Kurosaki ------------------------------ Bleach (stylized as BLEACH) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo . Bleach fol...

The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. The hugs are meant to be random acts of kindness —selfless acts performed just to make others feel better. International Free Hugs Month is celebrated on the first Saturday of July and continues until August first. The campaign in its present form was started in 2004 by an Australian man known only by the pseudonym "Juan Mann". The campaign became famous internationally in 2006 as the result of a music video on YouTube by the Australian band Sick Puppies , which has been viewed over 78 million times as of April 16, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hugs_Campaign ------------------------------ A pin-back button or pinback button,  pin button , button badge or simply pin-back or badge, is a  button  or  badge  that can be temporarily  fastened  to the surface of a  garment  using a  safety pin , or a  pin  f...