World War II | Thinking Pipe

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The need to build X came during the World War II to house the additional requirement at the time.
A location was chosen & the building was shaped according to the existing road network. However, location was blocking the view to a cemetery, hence a new location was chosen nearby. But the original shape was liked so much that was retained despite no constraints.
The name of this building is now synonymous with this shape. Identify it.

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The Pentagon
The shape was a hit with the top brass for its uniqueness & hence was retained. The shape also has a callback to medieval forts.
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This publication is known for its unique & sharp writing style. Over the period of years, it has coin or popularized many terms like “pundit”, “socialite”, “tycoon”. It is even credited with streamlining the terms “World War I” & “World War II”.
Identify the publication.

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Time Magazine. The magazine has had a very specific style of writing sometimes called "Timestyle".
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In 1943, noted philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre released what is commonly considered his most influential existential philosophical work, a monolithic 722-page tome bearing the equally weighty title of Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology.

One might expect that, with that name and that subject matter, the book would be nigh unknown to the general public, likely only finding an avid audience in tweed-wearing, high-thinking, pipe-smoking professorial types frequenting smoky salons, quaint libraries, and lecture halls — and yet, Being and Nothingness was (relatively) a runaway success upon publication, gaining purchase even among grocers and shopkeepers, and most notably, women*.

What peculiar reason caused the unforeseen popularity and amazing sales of this book?

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The book weighed almost exactly one kilogram, and was therefore sought out to serve as a measure of weight at home and in shops -- the Nazis had confiscated and melted down the regular brass and copper weights to use in munitions.

*Bear in mind that this was in 1943, a time when women's intellectual prowess was not exactly respected in higher academic circles.

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During the Second World War, the United States established a trade embargo against Nazi Germany, making the export of Coca-Cola syrup difficult. To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Germany, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time.
Which drink did he create, which is now sold around the world these days?

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Fanta
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