In 1992, Pepsi's bottle cap sweepstakes in the Philippine... | funfact.wiki | funfact.wiki
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.
The "Bataan Death March" during the Pacific War killed about 20,000 prisoners due to one officer's forgery. Japanese Lt. Colonel Tsuji Masanobu changed the order from "guard prisoners" to "execute prisoners." He was never punished and became a bestselling author and politician.
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.