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In 1996, Pepsi ran a joke advertisement offering a Harrier fighter jet for 7 million Pepsi Points. John Leonard exploited a catalog loophole to claim the jet for about $700,000, and when Pepsi refused, an actual lawsuit followed.
In 1992, Pepsi's bottle cap sweepstakes in the Philippines accidentally printed the grand prize number on 800,000 caps. When Pepsi refused to pay the $32 billion total, riots broke out and at least five people died.
Greenland is mostly ice, yet its name means 'green land.' Around 982 the VikingErik the Red, exiled from Iceland for murder, founded a colony and chose an appealing name to lure settlers. The fjords he settled did green in summer. Around 985, 25 ships set out; 14 arrived.