Johnsonverse World History/Miscellaneous

== 1990 Children's Television Act ==
This act was not enforced by the FCC in 1996. As a result, the "E/I" requirement was never enforced, and Saturday morning cartoons were never replaced by bland, generic educational programming.
== Eurovision Song Contest ==
The ESC has been broadcast in the USA by WBC since 1979, with the Canadian simsubbing rights going to CTV from 1979-2002 and Global from 2002-present. This means there is more Eurovision fandom in North America. The 1954-styled intros for EBU broadcasts are still used today, and still use practical effects.
The USA first participated in the ESC itself in 2011, being the first “New World” country to participate (the second being Canada in 2013, and the third being Australia in 2015). 
File:WBC Eurovision intro.png|Eurovision intro for WBC.
File:WBC Eurovision intro widescreen.png|Widescreen version used since 1995.
==Fiberglass DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future Part II==
IOTL, the fiberglass DeLorean (which was used for flying scenes in the film) was reportedly destroyed after going unsold at an auction. ITTL, Johnson purchased it at that same auction and had it restored to its 1989 condition by a team of DeLorean time machine builders, with lighting and sound effects installed. It's currently on display at a museum in front of a black backdrop, placed on black stands with its wheels retracted, and with a smoke effect, to give the illusion of the car flying.
==Gender-neutral substitute for "Latino"/"Latina"==
ITTL, the most common substitute is "Latine" instead of "Latinx". This is due to Johnson stating it would never use the latter term, with Tim Johnson pointing out in a MySpace post that "So many Latinos hate it and have trouble pronouncing it correctly, and at the end, it's simply the US applying its own language standards at the expense of the Latinos'".
== Johnson Sound Effects Library ==
The Johnson Sound Effects Library was produced by Sound Ideas and released in 1997; by then, it was their largest sound library that connects to another company. The library features both general and cartoon sound effects. Numerous extensions have also been made for the library.
== “Let’s Go Brandon” ==
With Sheldon Johnson Jr. becoming president of the United States instead of Joe Biden, the phrase "Fuck you Sheldon!" was chanted by the conservative crowd after Brandon Brown's victory at the 2021 Sparks 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Since the race was broadcast on ESPN instead of NBCSN, the phrase was muted on the broadcast instead of being shrugged off as "Let's go, Brandon!". Because of this, "Let's Go Brandon" never became a right-wing code phrase.
== Newgrounds ==
In 2018, Tom Fulp, the creator of Newgrounds, announced an archive of all the website layouts, as well as Flash-animated layouts.
==PETA==
PETA's actions became much better known throughout the 2000s, with many celebrities who had supported PETA distancing themselves from the organization. It eventually collapsed by 2013.
== Pride flag ==
Gilbert Baker's nine-stripe version of his original 1977 pride flag was embraced by Johnson and other companies instead of the 2017 Philadelphia pride flag Daniel Quasar's "Progress" variant, as Chloe Johnson (herself a lesbian) criticized the latter as "a vexillological tire fire" and "what happens when you try to please everybody" and felt that the lavender stripe in Baker's version was a better attempt at symbolizing diversity than the "Progress" variant.
==Recognition of Aboriginal people in Australia==
The 2023 vote for Aboriginal people being represented in Australia's constitution became successful ITTL.
==State Quarters==
The quarters for Hokkaido and Tohoku were released in 2008, delaying the Alaska and Hawaii quarters to 2010. The Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, and Shikoku quarters were released in 2009; Kyushu's quarter was released in 2010, along with the Alaska, Hawaii, Okinawa, and Puerto Rico quarters. The DC and US Territories series was delayed to 2011 as a result, with the America the Beautiful series running from 2012 to 2023, and the Washington Crosses the Delaware quarter being used that year. Also, Laura Gardin Fraser's quarter design was introduced then and made permanent, with the American Women program being used for other denominations instead.
==Westboro Baptist Church==
Because the Western Broadcasting Company predates the church (having been founded in 1926), it is instead named the West Side Baptist Church (WSBC).
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