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2022 West Africa food crisis
The 2022 West Africa food crisis was a record episode of acute food insecurity in West Africa and the Sahel, affecting roughly 38 million people during the 2022 lean season.
2025 radioactive shrimp recall
2025 radioactive shrimp recall: US recalls of Indonesian frozen shrimp from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS Foods) after cesium-137 (Cs-137) detection; 68.48 Bq/kg found, below FDA's 1200 Bq/kg limit; led to Import Alerts 99-51/99-52 and first FSMA import certification use.
2026 is the new 2016
"2026 is the new 2016" is a viral TikTok and Instagram nostalgia trend from December 2025 and January 2026, tied to the Great Meme Reset, reviving 2016 filters, fashion, and memes, with over 1.7 million #2016 TikTok posts and commentary on politics and economics.
21 Club
The 21 Club ('21'), 21 West 52nd Street, Manhattan: American restaurant and Prohibition-era speakeasy founded by Jack Kriendler and Charlie Berns, opened January 1, 1930, known for its secret wine cellar, jockey statues, '21' Burger, and presidential clientele; permanently closed December 2020 under owner Belmond/LVMH.
3D braided fabrics
3D braided fabrics are multi-layer textile preforms with yarns intersecting in all three spatial directions, used as composite reinforcements; unlike 2D braids they resist delamination via out-of-plane interlacement, made by row-and-column or rotary braiding.
5-hour Energy
5-hour Energy is an American energy shot launched in 2004 by Manoj Bhargava through Living Essentials LLC, a 1.93 oz sugar-free caffeine and B-vitamin supplement that dominated the energy shot market.
5.11 Tactical
5.11 Tactical is an American tactical apparel and gear brand founded in 2003 by Dan Costa from the Royal Robbins climbing-pant line, named for a Yosemite Decimal System climbing grade, headquartered in Irvine, California, serving law enforcement, fire, EMS, and military customers.
501st Legion
The 501st Legion, also known as "Vader's Fist," is an international volunteer Star Wars costuming organization founded in 1997, known for screen-accurate villain costumes at charity events.
7-Eleven
7-Eleven, founded 1927 as Southland Ice Company in Texas and named for 7 a.m.–11 p.m. hours in 1946, is the world's largest convenience retailer with 86,000+ stores in 19 countries, owned by Japan's Seven & i Holdings.
99 Flake
99 Flake: the half-length Cadbury Flake bar made since 1930 for soft-serve ice cream cones, and the British "99" cone itself; name origin unknown despite Cadbury's Italian guard story.
A Bathing Ape
A Bathing Ape (BAPE, ア ベイシング エイプ) is a Japanese streetwear brand founded April 1, 1993 in Harajuku by Nigo via the NOWHERE store; known for the Ape Head logo, BAPE Camo, BAPE Sta, and Shark Hoodie, and since 2021 co-controlled by CVC and I.T's founder group.
A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill (Adrian Anthony Gill, 1954–2016), British Sunday Times restaurant and TV critic, travel writer and memoirist (Pour Me, AA Gill is Away); famed for acid wit, dictated copy due to dyslexia, and died of lung cancer at 62. Not the music critic Andy Gill.
A.1. Sauce
A.1. Sauce, an American brown steak sauce created in the 1820s by Henderson William Brand, chef to King George IV, sold in the US since 1906; tomato, raisin, orange, vinegar based; dropped "Steak" from its name in 2014.
A&W (Canada)
A&W (Canada), A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., is a North Vancouver-based Canadian burger fast-food chain, separate from the US A&W since 1972, with 1,000+ franchised restaurants, TSX listing AW since October 2024, and Burger Family menu and root beer.
A&W Restaurants
A&W Restaurants: American quick-service chain founded 1919 in Lodi, California by Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright; first US franchised restaurant chain, known for fresh-made root beer; franchisee-owned since 2011, separate from A&W Canada.
A&W Root Beer
A&W Root Beer is an American root beer soft drink created in 1919 by Roy W. Allen in Lodi, California, and named for Allen and Frank Wright.
Aarti Sequeira
Aarti Sequeira, Indian-American chef and TV personality born 1978 in Mumbai, raised in Dubai; won The Next Food Network Star season 6 (2010), hosted Aarti Party, wrote Aarti Paarti cookbook.
AB InBev
AB InBev (Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV), Belgian brewer headquartered in Leuven, formed from Interbrew, AmBev, Anheuser-Busch (2008, $52 billion) and SABMiller (2016); world's largest brewer with about 26% global beer volume share and brands including Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois.
AB InBev brands
AB InBev brands: the 500+ beer and non-beer trademarks of Anheuser-Busch InBev of Leuven, from global names Budweiser, Corona, Michelob Ultra, and Stella Artois to local brands, Beyond Beer RTDs, and licensed or divested territorial rights such as Corona in the US.
Abaya (عباية)
Abaya (عباية, ʿabāʾ): a loose Middle Eastern outer garment, historically a men's nomad cloak of wool or camel hair, now the predominant black women's robe of the Arab Gulf, with designer, legal, and modest-fashion developments since the 1960s.
Abbey Clancy
Abbey Clancy (Abigail Marie Clancy), English model and TV personality born in Liverpool in 1986; runner-up on Britain's Next Top Model 2006, Strictly Come Dancing series 11 winner 2013, wife of Peter Crouch, host of The Therapy Crouch and Abbey Clancy: Celebrity Homes.
Abbey Lee
Abbey Lee, born Abbey Lee Kershaw (1987, Melbourne), is an Australian model and actress who won the 2004 Girlfriend Model Search, fronted Gucci and Chanel campaigns, debuted on film in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and later starred in The Neon Demon, The Dark Tower, and Lovecraft Country.
Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF), New Albany, Ohio apparel retailer founded in 1892 as a sporting goods outfitter; brands include Abercrombie and Hollister; record $5.3 billion sales in 2025 after a Jeffries-era decline and turnaround.
Abiku
Abiku, Yoruba for "born to die," is a spirit child believed to die young and be reborn repeatedly, the Igbo counterpart being the Ogbanje, and a recurring motif in Nigerian literature.
Absinthe
Absinthe, also known as La fee verte, is a strong unsweetened spirit flavored with wormwood and aniseed, diluted with water, and banned for most of the 20th century.
Absolut Vodka
Absolut Vodka: Swedish premium vodka produced only in Åhus, Sweden, from winter wheat and deep-well water, launched in New York in 1979, famous for the Andy Warhol art campaign and owned by Pernod Ricard since 2008.
Abuja Pottery Training Centre
The Abuja Pottery Training Centre was a pottery workshop founded in 1951 at Abuja, Nigeria, where British potter Michael Cardew trained Nigerian potters including Ladi Kwali.
Academia Porteña del Lunfardo
The Academia Porteña del Lunfardo is a private cultural institution in Buenos Aires, founded in 1962 to study lunfardo, the city's immigrant-born popular speech tied to tango.
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the Oscar for costume design, first given March 24, 1949 for 1948 films; split by black-and-white and color formats until 1967; Edith Head won eight times; Ruth Carter and Paul Tazewell were milestone Black winners.
Acesulfame potassium
Acesulfame potassium (acesulfame K, Ace-K, E 950, INS 950) is a calorie-free high-intensity sweetener, the potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide, about 200 times sweeter than sucrose, with an ADI of 15 mg/kg bw/day.