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== Observances == June 28 and October 22 are semiannually observed as International Caps Lock Day as a parody holiday created in October 2000 by Derek Arnold, a user on [[MetaFilter]]. The second observation on June 28 was added by Arnold in memory of American pitchman [[Billy Mays]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/10/22/today-is-international-caps-lock-day-but-what-is-it/ |title=Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, but what is it? |first=Matt |last=Brian |date=October 22, 2010 |access-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Popkin2012">{{cite news|title=CAPS LOCK DAY COMES BUT TWICE A YEAR! |last=Popkin |first=Helen A.S. |date=October 10, 2012 |url=http://www.today.com/money/caps-lock-day-comes-twice-year-1C6609970 |work=[[NBC News]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal News Group]] |url-status=live |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409030231/http://www.today.com/money/caps-lock-day-comes-twice-year-1C6609970 |access-date=September 12, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Hoffer2011">{{cite news|last=Hoffer|first=Steven|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/caps-lock-day-2011-_n_885924.html|date=June 28, 2011|title=CAPS LOCK DAY 2011: Celebrate Capital Letters With TWEETS!|access-date=September 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-date=July 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722064734/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/caps-lock-day-2011-_n_885924.html|work=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref>
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