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40 Random Bits of Nostalgic Trivia to Make You Yearn for Yesteryear

Sure, we had Polaroids and Pogs, but the best part was not having any bills to pay. Childhood for the win!

40 Random Bits of Nostalgic Trivia to Make You Yearn for Yesteryear

November 12, 2024

You know that nostalgia is only so warm and comforting because we didn’t have any real responsibility back then, right?

Like, sorry to burst everyone’s “back in my day” bubble, but of course they were the good ol’ days. We had ample amounts of free time to cram full of vinyl, cassettes, CDs or MP3 players (depending on your current age). One day, the kids of today are going to scoff at whatever music device is implanted in their brains and yearn for Spotify.

Pfft. Spotify. We were wrong. Things really were better when you could pop in some physical media and read the album’s liner notes.

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Cheez Balls

Planters Cheez Balls, losing you made our fingers a little less PLANTERS cheese dusty. Cheez Balls Please come back. PUFFED CHEESE FLAVOR Ford New NEW! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Marathon Bars

... TELL US NOW. MARATHON BARS BLUE GET CENTE il al 4 2 . в 2 o 10 12 14 16 18 20 10 Guarantee of Sanstaction mim MARS it not AND group condition return unsered Sugar KOROK - proiser fur melapument Done where one ether - ISSUE UNIVERSITY INDEA JUN 74 MAMIMARS DIVISION OF MARS INC. HACKETTSTOWN N.A. 07849 USA Marathon Chocolate Caramel 15c NET WT 13/m OZ 39g OMARS INC Robert E. says, They were discontinued in the late 70s or early 80s, and they were awesome. They even had little ruler markings on the side of the wrapper to — Source

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Myspace

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Classic Websites

Some absolutely 11 1994 huge websites were launched in the '90s. 1999 1995 1993 1997 1994 MSK Seo 14-08 Taban Beerbaten Verlauf MIN grogle.de Association +th Center - a Schweler - - Institution un Google Disney Google Deutschland Google human IMDb (1993), EBay (1995), Amazon (1994), GeoCities (1994), Netscape (1994), Yahoo! (1995), AltaVista (1995), ICQ (1996), Hotmail (1996), Google (1998), and Napster (1999). CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

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The First Web Server

In 1990, Tim 1994 1995 11 1992 1993 1994 Berners-Lee created 199 the first web server. 1999 1997 This قطب DO NOT PROPRIETE CERN 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 That first server made the worldwide web 1090 possible. 1999 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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The O.C.

CHRIS PRATT - - CRACKED COM Most of us first met a looser version of Star-Lord on Parks and Rec, but teens in the mid 2000s knew him as Bright Abbott on the teen drama Everwood, and as Che on The О.С. — Source

34

Scream

The original title for Scream was Scary Movie. CRACKED.COM The 1996 horror film would be parodied in 2000s Scary Movie, starring Anna Faris and Marlon Wayans.

33

Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh

IN THE EARLY 2000s, BRAZILIAN TELEVISION HOST GILBERTO BARRIOS CLAIMED THAT BOTH POKEMON AND YU-GI-OH! CARDS WERE SATANIC. BURN BIG 1TAP This caused t

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The Curse of the Black Pearl

CRACKED 2003 THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SURPRISED EVERYONE. To the shock of all involved, it was an unprecedented success, ensuring we'd be drowning in harem pants for years to come. — Collider

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Ethan Suplee

AT OVER 500 LBS, ETHAN SUPLEE WAS OFTEN CAST AS THE FAT GUY IN THE EARLY 2000s... ing BUT AFTER AN INCREDIBLE BODY TRANSFORMATION, HE LOOKS LIKE HE

30

The Hubble Telescope

The Human Genome Project was 1990 1991 1998 1999 1990 launched in 1990. 1998 1999 1997 996 So was the Hubble 1997 1995 Space Telescope. 1992 1993 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

29

Brie Larson

Brie Larson had a short-lived singing career. 17 BRE LONGON Edally CRACKED.COM Her album Finally out of P.E. released in 2005 focused on the ups and downs of being a teenager, and only sold 4,000 copies in the US. — Source

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The Nudge

- Karen ready f @hotmail It sure was great giving people a mighty nudge Thomas S Are we when they weren't replying Karen say to your messages. I'm dow Thomas says: So I'll see you later then Karen says: Tonight? of course! Send Search A Last message received at 5:27 PM on 2/23/2006. Play the new MSN Messenger Games CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Toy Story

In 1995, Toy Story became the first feature-length 1992 film to be completely 1990 199 997 1998 1999 computer-animated. 995 1996 1997 NS SPALL Nation Its release 1990 ushered 1991 1999 in 1993 a 1994 new 1995 993 era 1992 in visuals, for Hollywood. 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Harry Potter

The first Harry 1991 Potter L book 8 1999 096 published 1990 199 in 1997. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 IHHA 1995 1996 1997 1998 J.K. Rowling says she 1996 regrets having different titles in the U.S. vs. worldwide. 1991 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kissables

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Spinner Racks

I miss when grocery stores, gas stations and drug stores always had a WHOLESOME ke HEY!!KIDS COMICS ENTERTAINING COMICS EY!!KID COMICS ROM MOON ROM NIGH ROM GHOS RIDLE STAR WAPS STAR WARS SPINNER RACK OF COMIC BOOKS. Now,I have to drive three towns over to visit my local comic book store. CRACKED COM — Source

23

The Spice Girls

The '90s were the 14 decade the Spice Girls 1996 1990 199 ruled the pop 199 world. 1998 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ESTATE STATO 1996 They were the most commercially successful British group since the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, a and 1992 Led 1993 Zeppelin. 1998 1999 1990 1991 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

22

Grunge

Seattle became 1990 the 11 epicenter of new music, 994 thanks 199W to Grunge. 997 1998 1999 1995 1996 1997 1993 199 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Seattle bands were getting 1997 signed to major labels at the rate of one a week during April, 1992. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

21

Super 8

SUPER 8 If you dig the nostalgic '80s aesthetic of Stranger Things, you'll love J.J. Abram's Super 8. Super 8 Stranger Things Just like Stranger Thing

20

Disney Renaissance

The '90s are 1994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 sometimes called LAND the 1997 199 Disney the the 992 Renaissance. 1993 1994 1995 1996 1999 1997 in late with the wildly successful It began The Little 1989 Mermaid, 1005 1996 reached its peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Sea-Monkeys

Sea-monkeys are actually brine shrimp. THE LIVE Inc. ES Sea-Monkeuse OCEAN-ZOO The World's Only Include Port E TIME JIME Institut Sea-Monkeys Life Parch OCEAN-ZOO The Morid's Only Instant Pits! Commenteed to adidas The species (a cross-bred version of brine shrimp) doesn't exist in nature. They breath through their feet and grow a second eye in maturity. Gross. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Pogs

Collectible Bubbles Pogs Pogs were incredibly popular for a little while, but so many companies started making them-and the designs weren't very good-that the bubble burst. CRACKED — Source

17

Oversized Jeans

40 Random Bits of Nostalgic Trivia to Make You Yearn for Yesteryear — Source: CNN

16

The Rachel

If there was one cut that defined the '90s, W 92 it was 1995 the Rachel. 199 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 One 1992 1993 hairstylist estimates that 1999 1994 1995 1996 1997 40% of her mid-90s clients 1995 1993 wanted that Rachel look. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

15

Wayne Gretzky

CRACKED WAYNE GRETZKY'S '80S WERE RECORD-BREAKING. Wayne Gretzky dominated the NHL in the 1980s, setting records for most points (2,857) and goals scored (894). HOWE 1850 — NHL

14

Ant-Man

A bunch of particular 1980s movies inspired The Ant-Man & The Wasp. Director Peyton Reed said that the ticking clock plot came directly from After Hours and Midnight Run. CRACKED. COM — Source

13

Walk this Way

STEVEN TYLER WROTE THE SONG WALK THIS WAY WHEN НЕ HEARD MARTY FELDMAN USE THE PHRASE IN YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Not unironically, it was Run-DMC's cover of the song that brought Aerosmith back from the dead in the 1980s. CRACKED.COM 9109 97 — 29 Bizarre True Stories Behind the Most Popular Music Ever

12

PG-13 Rating

In the 1980s, parents disapproved of the PG rating for movies like Gremlins and Indiana Jones, SO Steven Spielberg invented the PG-13 rating for his f

11

Boglins

The Fifth Element's spaceship parasites are Boglins, rubber toys from the 1980s. An experienced movie creature and prop designer wanted to use his ski

10

Home Phones

There's almost nothing you can't do with a smartphone eocu mnObile EXCEPT SLAM IT DOWN CRACKEDCON

9

The Zone

THE RUBBERBAND ROOM TWO FLOORS OF ELASTIC BANDS FOR KIDS TO CLIMB Z0 DISCOVERY NE UNTIL THOSE PESKY LAWYERS RUINED OUR FUN CRACKED COM

8

Old Cars

With a few tools and the help of a buddy, you could work on your own car... Now, if your 'buddy' maybe works for NASA... 4

7

Slide Phones

SNNSWVS Ovelar Opening our slide phone before each use and sliding it closed when done used to be the coolest thing ever. It's definitely much better

6

Cameras

CRACKEDCON CTEOO Polarid There's something utterly remarkable about printing instant photos Polaroid; the using something not even even most sophistic

5

All My Children

CRACKEDCO COM In the 1970s, soap opera All My Children was incredibly popular among college students. Reasons varied some loved it because it was rea

4

Sour Patch Kids

SOUR PATCH KIDS were originally called Mars Men during the UFO craze in the 1970s. sou SOUR PATCH vids: BRE mareyLy The name change didn't happen un

3

Theme Songs

Battlestar Galactica The theme from the 1970s show was repurposed in the 2000s revival as the anthem of the Twelve Colonies. — Source: Bear McCreary's Official Site

2

Muscle Cars

The Last Jedi costume designer Michael Kaplan designed the Red Guard to look like 1970s muscle cars. CRACKED COM

1

Onion Nuggets

McDonald's Onion Nuggets Onion Nuggets Before the Chicken McNugget, there was the Onion Nugget. Introduced in the 1970s, they were clumps of onions deep-breaded and fried. CRACKED.COM — Source

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