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HEADLINES ON January 26, 1993
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- Headline: Cooperstown: A Refreshing Baseball Tale. Impact: If only Old Pitchers had stayed home, we might have avoided the Great Baseball Road Trip of 2023, where every retired player decided to relive their glory days by driving across America, causing a national traffic jam of epic proportions.. Fact: Did you know that in 1999, an entire baseball team attempted to recreate the classic Route 66 road trip? They ended up lost in a cornfield for three days. Talk about a home run gone wrong!.
- Headline: Motorola's Cellular Phone Safety Defense. Impact: Motorola's insistence on cellular safety led to a series of untested phone models, which eventually resulted in the 'Great Ringtone Revolution' of the early 2000s, where millions were forced to endure the sound of 'Crazy Frog' blaring from every hipster's pocket.. Fact: Did you know that the first cell phones were so large that they doubled as self-defense weapons? If you dropped one, it could knock you out cold. Now that's what I call a 'killer' phone!.
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Oracle - If you invested $1,000 in 1993, it would be worth $317,737 today (317.7x return)