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Those who were born in the 1980s or earlier will very much remember the turn of the new millennium, when we feared that Y2K clashes with computers and at the party "as it was 1999" was a reality. But while it might not seem like that, 1999 was actually 20 years ago. We hate to break it, but now we have almost 20 years in the 21st century - afifth from the way through. If you do not feel old, these 50 facts on the 20th century are sure to do the trick. Keep reading if you dare!

AlthoughRue de sesame Was been around since the 1970s, Elmo reached a new level of renowned in the mid-90s. The "Tickle-Me" version that laughed when you pressed his belly overfloped the shelves faster than Tyco, his manufacturer, could to follow. In short,Tickle-Me Elmo was the hottest toy of the 1996 holiday season. If you do the calculation, it means that it reached 22 years this year. And if he paid special attention to all he learned about Sesame Street, he will soon be graduated from college!

Personal entertainment technology comes and goes faster than a Tickle-Me Elmo in 1996. It is therefore a little surprising that the DVDs blocked as long as they did. Of course, Blu-ray started going to exceed the humble DVD in the early 2000s, but it's more or less the same concept - a movie or several episodes of a TV show on a flat silver disc. Given the increase in download and streaming services, it could simply be the last form of physical media. It's good if it makes you lose a tear or two.

TheHarry Potter Series of books turned 21 this year. In 1997,J.K. Orifice publishedHarry Potter and Philosophale Stone (The Sorcerer's stone Americans), who defined many young readers on a magical trip that opened a decade of books in the decade. In this first book, the character's character was 11 years old, which means Harry himself is now as a result of yourself-32. At leastDaniel Radcliffe is always 29 for another year.

Although they have stayed in the public eye over the last two decades - thanks to the visits of the meeting, supposed to threatened, a musical and a performance of the Olympic Games - the spices were at their peak in 1996 with the song Hit "Wannabe". And we still do not know what frightening spices say! If you want to give him another go and re-live on the days of glory of the late 90s, four ginger-shaped girlsVictoria Beckham (Aka posh spice) -Will once a selection of meeting in 2019. (Yes, we are insecondStatus of the visualization of the meeting.)

Many science fiction and fantastic movies dared to imagine what would be life in the future butBack to the future And its suites were major cultural stones for Gen Xers. During the first sequence, released in 1989, the plot took us 26 years in the future, which was full of engollars, self lacing shoes and pizza rehydrators. Well, now we have almost four years after the 2015 versionBack to future IIconceived. But our aids did not levy, we always attach our own shoes, our microwaves and our ovens can not warm up a small frozen pizza in seconds. Sorry to have dropped you down, Doc Brown!

Ask anyone who was around the first days of the internet: plug in words into several search engines such as Altavista, Dogpile and ask for Jeves was a pain. Then Google walked and seemed to unify the entire World Wide Web in a single swoop. Now, Google has existed for two decades from time to time and has developed beyond a search engine in an email, a virtual reality, etc. It has become his own verb and you probably already google something today. But before 1998, "Googol" was only a fun word that meant an incredibly huge number: A 1 followed by 100 zeros. And if you wanted to immerse your friends up with the samebiggerNumber, you probably remember throwing the famous "googolplex", which corresponds to 10 to the power of Googol.

In 1981,Lady Diana Spencer marriedCharles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne. It was the marriage of the century (previous) and it is estimated that750 million people watched on television, not on their computers at work. Now, it's almost four decades later. The princess of the well-loved people tragically died and his childrenPrince William andPrince Harry- Have grown up, have married and have created families apart.

Although the music of the rolled stones is timeless and that the members of the current band continue to visit, the fact remains that their peak in the 1960s and the 70s moved further and further in the rear view. In fact, sirMick Jagger He himself, at 73 years, not just a grandfather, but starting in 2014, a great-grandfather. But he also became a father again - for the seventh time-in 2016, which means that he has a son who has two years younger than his grand-granddaughter. We would like to imagine that it was inspired by the plot ofFather of the bride party II.

To be eligible to become President of the United States, a person must have at least 35 years, resided at the US for at least 14 years and be a natural born citizen. And Pac-Man definitely meets the first two requirements. Although born in Japan in 1980, he quickly crossed the Pacific to become a sensation in the United States, where he has resided since. At 38, it is old enough for the highest office of the country. We imagine that its platform would be cherries for everyone and more ghosts!

People aged 30 and 40 have spent the last 10 years of nostalgic on how the MTV was about themusic. Finished the days when the cable chain broadcast music video after the music video, as it was launched at its 1981 launch. If MTV was a person, there would be 37 years ago and could have teenage children at the 'actual hour. And here is a bonus fact that will make you feel ancient: it's even a full decade sinceCarson Daly last hostedTotal live demand In 2008. Paint your Pinky and Ring Nails withblack varnish in mourning.

Although he had been doing music since 1982,Coolo Did not hit big before the mid-1990s. When the movieDangerous spirits Went out in 1995, even people who have never listened to rap or hip-hop were fans of the "Gangsta Paradise". The song even won a grammous for the best rap solo performance. Of course, Grammys do not qualify for a number of considerable foods on food, drinks and clothes, but an elderly person. Well, Coolo became 55 in August, which means that it became eligible for numerous reductions approved by AARP.

The first oneAlone at home Film, published in 1990, gave us our first overview of 10 yearsCulkin macauley. His mother in the film was played by the hilariousCatherine O'Hara, who at the age of 36, always had the best part of his career in front of her. (She has since played the favorite worshipBest in showand stars currently on the Beloved Sleeper Twland Sleeper HitCreek de Schitt.) Now, Culkin is 38 years old, two years older than O'Hara was when she played her mother. If you do not just Kevin McAllister Scream, what will be?

Take a look at the "Call" button on your mobile phone - it's probably a contour of a former phone handset. What about the FaceTime icon? This has been like a camcorder since the 1990s. And if you want to save the document you are working on, you know click on the icon that looks like a floppy disk. Now take a moment to realize that today's teensprobablynever used A former phone handset, a camcorder or a floppy disk. The spirit blown.

NICI's Nice programming block has broadcast weekly on Nickelodeon since 1985. Although the programming of the Chain Day is for children, NICK in Nite has always made an impact of unionized shows for their parents after 9 hours at p. In the first days, shows likeI love Lucy,Acres, andSir dominated the calendar. Now the characteristics of the programming block "Nick @ nick @ nite"Friends,George Lopez,Sponge Bob SquarePantsand the still life-in-production natureMom.That "70s show,Everyone hates Chris, andhow I Met Your Mother were all recently presented too. It makes us feel older than Monica to be called the mother of Ross to his marriage!

Defining the boundaries of generations is a delicate thing, but most people use the term generation X to apply to the baby boomers born between the early 1960s and the early 1980s. Although this generation can shoot Party of modern technology, they have grown without many things that many of us take for granted now: personal computers, mobile phones and even diet coke. This is true: the food coca, released in 1982, is young enough that most gen Xers remember life without it.

Prozac has done a lot of good since it was introduced in 1987. Before fluoxetine, the generic name of medicines inhibitors of prozac recapture and other pharmaceuticals for depression had side effects altering life. For many people suffering from depression, Prozac had nothing less miracle and the drug became popular, simultaneously helping erode the stigmatization of mental illness. Although no antidepressant is perfect, it's incredible to think that Prozac revolution has occurred three decades ago.

It seems only yesterday that we worked in francs, read, Deutsche Marks, Drachmas and Kroons ... at least for those of us who traveling abroad in the 1980s and 90s. The euro was introduced in January 1999, two decades ago, like the currency of the European Union. Although the financial crisis of 2008 has struck some of these countries more difficult than others, global governments have put some reforms in place that have since stabilized the euro. Bonus made: the symbol of the euro (€) can be typed on the writing machines before 1998 with an overcruck c towards the back by an equal sign.

SITCOMThe Daddy's Girls was ahead of his time, and now a single original member,White Betty White, still lives. Given his worship choice, it's a bit surprising that no one tried to restart it again. If you had to scope the show today with actresses of the same age as their counterparts from 1987, you could find 51 yearsNicole Kidman As white, aged 62Geena Davis Like Sophia, aged 63WHOOPI GOLDBERG like pink and 63 yearsLaurie Metcalf like Dorothy. And we hadtotally Look at this show. For more classic television sitcom moments, checkThe most funny Sitcom jokes of all time.

Although they were created basically as a marketing cascader, many of us always remember the inhabitants of McDonaldland, presented on McDonald ads and products for decades. Although Grimace and the Hamburglar were not eliminated until 2003, the Mayor McCheese-who, memorable, had a cheeseburger for a retirement in 1985. During his time in the office, he was in the center of 'a court battle withSid and Marty Krofut, who claimed that he was a direct scam of their Mayy character, H.R. PUFNSTUF. Finally, the krofits were paid $ 1 million for damages and Mayor Mcchesese was barely taken back.

CardiacLuke Perry was known millions of teenage girls in the early 1990s like Dylan McKay onBEVERLY HILLS 90210. Although he left the show in 1995 to focus on other projects, he returned to 1998. He regularly worked since the original.90210 Finished in 2000 and currently plays Archie Andrews's father on the CW HitRiverdale.But for many, it is forever frozen in time as Dylan conversation. So it was quite a shock when he appeared on the cover ofAARP magazine In 2016, in particular, given his habitTiger beat.

At 635 episodes covering 20 seasons,Gunsmoke was by far the longest scripted television series in American history until recently. His file fell officially toThe simpsonsWhen the Animated Series broadcast its 636th episode on April 29, 2018. As a comparison,The simpsonslaunched when the endGeorge Bush, Sr. was president and if barted cartoons would be 40 and Baby Maggie would be 30 years old!

Believe it or not, baseball cards were initially used to sell gum, rather than the opposite. The cards have earned the popularity first in cigarette packs, but after solding children tobacco, gum manufacturers have seen a captive audience for their product. Although the gum has never been known for its high quality, it was stuck in Topps card packs until 1991, when collectors complained.

Although Nick At Nite persisted, other programming blocks have not. FCC Regulation In the 1990s made a certain amount of "educational programming" mandatory, which means the three large ABC-broadcast networks, NBC, CBS and blocks offered at three hours of cartoon on Saturday morning for spirits more and more. But when the cable of television networks like the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network started coming on the networks in order to sweep the scene, cartoon viewership Saturday morning fell,. ABC handed until 2004, and finally the WB / CW expired in 2014. Although you can still find somewhere cartoons on Saturday morning, everyone is subscribed to cable packs that include chains like Nicktoons and Disney XD. It is over time we used to gather them around the small screen forG.I. Joe,Transformers, Cosmocats,ducktals, andNinja Turtles mutant teenage.

Young people probably pass through a Banana Republic store and think, "What is the costumes and collar shirts have to do with bananas? Well, in 1979, a married couple in California who made a lot of trip opened the first Banana Republic Travel and Safari Clothing Co., specializing in jungle gear, such as helmets and vests of snow bush. In 1983, Gap Inc. bought the brand, and in 1988, they started to gradually eliminate this Indiana Jones look. If you remember when the Banana Republic clothes actually match the name, you are certainly not a child.

There was a time that if you wanted your own copy of the 40 pop shots, you had two options: use a radio and a tape recorder, or buy them just like CD singles. Then someone wise and started selling something better: hits compilation albums and only shots. Although they existed since the 1980s in the R., the first volume ofNow, that's what I call music! was published in 1998 in the United States and featuredJanet Jackson, Backstreet Boys, and Hanson (among others). After 20 years, the company has just released its 68th volume. It offers artists such asAriana Grande, Who was five years old when the firstNow CD struck Sam Goody stores across the country.

Even if you do not recognize its name, if you are a certain age, you would probably recognize actorMichael Vale if you saw it. For 15 years, he has played Fred Baker on the dunkin donut work overload '"Time to make donuts" advertisements. These advertisements made public unique chain claim: the donuts they sold were cooked every day in individual stores, which makes them extra charge. However, the company has changed its production methods in 1996, the transition to centralized bakeries for groups up to 50 stores. Although poor "Fred" finally got a little rest that Vale retired, his slogan of "time to make donuts" to live.

WriterNora Ephron and directorRob Reiner Team to do the 1980s Emounty-Romantic Comedy QuicksWhen Harry meets Sally. The characters of the title, played byCrystal Billy andMeg Ryan, Meet, become friends, and slowly fall in love for 10 years, in the end (spoiler alert!) Have married in 1988. That means they would be celebrating their 30th anniversary marriage this year, as well as the 40th birthday of the day of their meeting. If all goes well, they party with an orgasmic sandwich. For some of the most quotes of legendary movies ever, seeThe 30 most fun cinema lines of all time.

TheHenry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan is dedicated to the collection and display of historical objects that show American ingenuity and innovation over time. With exhibitions likeThomas EdisonThe laboratory "and a steam engine 1897, the museum ensures that young generations can see the progress that technology has done over the years. That's why an exhibition displays the Motorola Razr the Chiquenale phone you have probably had in 2006, next to an AM radio in both directions from 1940 and the first big gray brick of a mobile phone from 1983. You know, the oneZack Morris made famous toSaved by the gong.

It's not only that hockey itself is a brutal sport, with slashing and high sticky, but it also has a reputation to break into Fistfight. It may seem shocking young generations that there was a time when the players of this purple sport did not protect the head with helmets. But it was not until 1979 that the NHL decided that new players had to wear helmets, and even at that time, veterans could go without them if they signed a waiver. If you were a hockey fan before helmets, there is a good chance that you push 50 these days!

WhenThat "70s show Premiered in 1998, he capitalized on nostalgia in the world because it was two decades before. At the time, fashion, attitudes and decor seemed all looked like relics of the past. However, now that we have reached 2018, the hilarious ancient two decades in our past took place in the 90s. If someone restarts the Sitcom today, it would take place in 1996 and contains a lot of jokes on Macarena And the tamagotchis, but Bell funds persist.

Until the 90s, the American paper currency had the same design for almost 70 years. The American currency finally published a redesign in 1996: the faces of the presidents were greatly expanded and a number of anti-counterfeit measures were put in place. Now, this "new money" has been outstanding for more than 20 years. But another new conception in 2003 has added a fishing base at the $ 20 bill, which means America has not had a completely green money for 15 years.

The Internet bath in 2007 was the "Rickroll". It seemed like you could not click on a link without being redirected toRick AstleyThe music video of his song "will never give you." He started, so many things about dreadful internet, on 4chan, when a user has published a link that claimed to take you to the trailer for theGrand Theft Auto IVBut, but will lead you rather to the redhead singer in his trench coat. On a unrelated note, take a look atThis new new trailer For the last season ofGame Of Thrones!

Speaking ofGame Of Thrones, if you can not believe the show is about to create its eighth season, you can be extended to learn thatGeorge R.R. Martin wrote theA song of ice and fire books for more than two decades. For devoted readers however, this probably seems that this time has happened since the last book,A dance with dragons,Went out in 2011. With a five-year gap between the three and four books and a six-year gap between the four and five books, Martin's fans are more than ready for the next set.

When the first Pokémon games made its debut in 1996, you had only to buy or exchange between two red and green cartridges-to catch the 150 small creatures. So, the meaning of the slogan song and the slogan-and theme song is therefore. But the following two decades saw the release of seven generations of Pokémon games, with an eighth on the way. Now, there are more than 800 Pokemon on 76 different games. So, you probably could not "take them all" these days, no matter how difficult you try.

The animated Nickelodeon showRugles Was on the air for 13 years, long enough to become a cultural touchstone for an entire generation of children. This showed us the world through the eyes of toddlers and even led to several films, both for television and theaters. Although the show is created in 1991, the protagonist Tommy Pickles' 'S' s' 'is June 11, 1990, which is 28 years old this year. Nowadays, it could rent a car, buy alcohol, vote in two presidential elections and could even have rugs from his own.

For the entire 1990s, it seemed to beMary Kate and Ashley Olsen were everywhere. AlthoughFull house Presented them to the world, in the mid-1990s, Olsen twins were taking roles on their own movies and television programs. They acted until 2004 and finally continued a fashionable career together. Today, they have two successful luxury fashion brands: the row and Elizabeth & James, which bears the name of their brothers and sisters. As they are not as much in the titles these days, it could be easy to forget that they are no longer teenagers-in fact, they had 32 years this year. It's like thatJohn Stamos was whenFull houseFinished in 1995. Quote Uncle Jesse, "Whoa baby!"

It would be inexcusable that today's basketball fans do not want to know whoMichael Jordan is, if only to compare it toJames Lebron. However, they may not know that after its first seasons with the Chicago Bulls, Jordan retired from basketball to play the professional baseball. He signed with the White Sox in 1994 and played a season for his minor league subsidiary team, Birmingham Barons. He made his manager impress, but a MLB players hit the following year led Jordan to come back to the sport, he played better. He then won three additional NBA championships. Those who want a recycling on Jordan trajectory just need to look at the 1996sSpace Jam, which concerns its basketball passage at baseball and again. And for a real journey in memory memory, check theSpace Jamwebsite, which still exists in his glory of mid-90s.

Usually noted as ".com", the sentence has been in our lexicon for more than three decades now. It is a designation for a higher level domain that was originally limited to commercial websites, hence the "com". Although they are around in 1985, they should not really be popular before a decade later during an arrow on the Internet that came to be known as "Bubble Dot-Com". Investors apparently gave money to anyone with a Dot-COM website until March 11, 2000, when the market crashed. Dot-coms like Amazon and eBay cookie, but others - like infamous pets of pets.com have disappeared.

Although Lego bricks have been around since the 1940s, the classic yellow silhouette with C-shaped hands and a permanent smile on his face had not come up to 1978. The company has experienced a great "family" family Lego "and an inast, faceless drone before setting up on the design that almost all children born over the last four decades played with. Firstly available only as part of space, castle or city paths, Lego man is now in several genders, breeds, ages and designs. You can even customize one to look like you with a"Go brick me" Lego.

Although this kind of video game has roots back in 1973, it was only the 1993 liberation ofLoss that the first person shooting games have really taken off. These games are distinctive to give players the ability to look through the eyes of their characters, rather than having to control it in a third way. Since this type of game requires 3D graphics, it produces a more realistic "world" for the player, who helpedLoss Become a success in a few hours of his release 25 years ago.

First sold in 1988, the Flowbee provides "precise layer haircuts" for 30 years now. This device - which claims to operate with 90% of the vacuums that have a pipe attachment - can cut the ½ inch lengths at 6 inches long and between the two. Perhaps using vacuum suction to cut your hair strikes you like a bad idea, but the late clippings of society have made a modest success in the late 1980s and in the early 90's. If you are curious, checkFlowbee.com, which resembles this has not been updated since 1988, but still sells the product!

Titanic Cleaned at the 1998 Oscars - and it always holds the record of most ACADEMY prices given to a single film in a three-way tie with 1959Ben Hur and 2003The Lord of the Rings: The king's return. Alas, beloved starLeonardo DiCaprio should wait almost two decades afterTitanic First for his Oscar, which he finally won in 2016 forThe ghost.

A Christmas storywas released in 1983, but the little pistol BB small Ralphia (Peter Billingsley) I wanted desperately in the movie first released in 1938, which means it's now80 years. ThemodelIs always available and can be yours for $ 39.99, which would probably seemed like hundreds to Young Ralphie.

It has been two full decades since Britney Spears burst on the pop scene with his single "... Baby One More Time in 1998. He immediately turned up the Hot Billboard 100, and he remains one of the best. Sales of singles of all time. Since then, Spears' career has seen a number of high (international visits) and low (shaving from the head in front of the paparazzi), but it is probably the larger a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Now she's a two-year-old mother with, among others, a successful perfume brand and a RPG application set.

If you watched the television in the early 90s, you probably knew "who killed Alexander Hamilton? " long beforeLin-manual Miranda wrote the musicalHamilton. And it's not because you were a student of history A +. The reason, as you may remember, is the famous "Got Milk? »Commercial where a poor sap (Sean Whalen) Loses a radio contest asking the question because it does not have milk to wash its peanut butter sandwich. One thing you probably havedoes not haveKnow that "Got Milk? »Commercial is thatMichael Bay (oftransformersrenown) led. The two Bay and Burr are much more famous nowadays.

Intellectually, we know that the children we see on the screen will not be the children forever, but since we can look at their work again and again, it can be difficult to remember that they aging just like the rest of 'between us.Rupert Grint, The actor who played Ron Weasley in theHarry Potter Movies, shot 30 this year. And even more shocking, the singerAdele alone Have 30 years this year. The world is a strange place.

Obviously, gas prices differ in different parts of the country, but the last time the average price per gallon in the United States was lower than a dollar was 1988 when it was 86 cents. Of course, adjusted to account for inflation, which is about $ 1.51. The prices culminated in 2012 at $ 3.80 le gallon, and they have happily decreased since. Many geopolitical factors have influenced the price of gas over time, from the Persian Gulf and Iraq Iraq to set oil in the 1980s and 2010s. It is over the time when it costs only hundred, we guess.

The first oneStars wars Film came out in 1977, and since then, children looked with impatience dress up like Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia or Darth Vader on Halloween. And you will see them again October 31st. It is surprising that these films and costumes have had the power to stay for four decades, and they are unlikely to decline at any time popularity soon withEPISODE IXin December 2019.

This is obvious, but it is also very difficult to swallow for those who celebrated like 1999, that year was still in the future. Today's high school students-14 to 18, speaking, were almost all born largely after the turn of the Millennium. They have never known a life without laptops, smartphones, or even emoji. They did not know Disney Pixar's movies before. Most were born after September 11, 2001. It is very difficult to wrap around your head.

We will unpack that, are we going? Although most of us imagine "time dinosaurs traversed the land" as a unique era, it is actually divided into three major steps separated by millions of years. For example, herbivore, like Diplodocus and Stégosaur, ran through the Earth about 150 million years ago, while Triceratops and T-Rex did not enter 67 there is a difference-million of 83 million. years. This means more time from Stegosaurus and T-Rexes that separates us from T-Rex, today.

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