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Rewind to 31 July to 6 August 2005

🛑 No smoking on the grid. The EU bans tobacco advertising across borders, sending Formula 1 teams scrambling for cash and leaving Marlboro-branded Ferraris gasping for air.

💀 Skulls just dropped. Scientists in Georgia unearth a 1.8 million-year-old human skull that throws the whole “big brain = better human” theory into chaos. 

👟 Three stripes, one flop. Adidas buys Reebok for $3.8 billion in a move to challenge Nike and instead gets a 16-year brand headache. Thanks for the memories, G-Unit sneakers.

💃 Ciara bends physics. Missy Elliott’s “Lose Control” is everywhere, Ciara’s joints appear unhinged and even the music video looks like it was filmed in a neon rave on the moon.

🧬 No island for you. The Island reveals a future where clones are raised for spare parts. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson bust out, blow stuff up, and question everything.

📺 D-list, A-list energy. Kathy Griffin’s My Life on the D-List debuts — giving us biting Hollywood commentary, gay bar gigs, and the wine-loving legend that is Maggie Griffin.

📚 Cold cases and colder prose. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo lands in Sweden posthumously and kicks off a new wave of grim crime fiction. Cue hackers, murder and way too much Swedish business jargon.

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