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* Jake, Helen, and the Yeagers once tried to levitate the Pentagon. This is a reference to a real-life "attempt" to do this in October 1967 by Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg during an anti-war march that was prevented from reaching the building, though the characters aren't part of a larger protest in this flashback. (This is the same march [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon#Protests where George Harris famously placed a carnation in a soldier's gun]) Whereas Hoffman and Ginsberg were doing guerilla theatre, young Jake actually ''believes'' it could be levitated...
* Jake, Helen, and the Yeagers once tried to levitate the Pentagon. This is a reference to a real-life "attempt" to do this in October 1967 by Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg during an anti-war march that was prevented from reaching the building, though the characters aren't part of a larger protest in this flashback. (This is the same march [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon#Protests where George Harris famously placed a carnation in a soldier's gun]) Whereas Hoffman and Ginsberg were doing guerilla theatre, young Jake actually ''believes'' it could be levitated...


* This is the only episode prior to "Through a Lens Darkly" that shows just how bad Daria's eyesight is when she's not wearing her glasses.
* This is the only episode prior to "[[Through a Lens Darkly]]" that shows just how bad Daria's eyesight is when she's not wearing her glasses.


* Jane, in trying to get Jesse's attention, states that on [[April 1, 2007]], the various objects people buy would take over civilization.
* Jane, in trying to get Jesse's attention, states that on [[April 1, 2007]], the various objects people buy would take over civilization.