40 Nostalgic Bits of Trivia That Will Activate Long-Dormant Quadrants of Your Brain

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40 Nostalgic Bits of Trivia That Will Activate Long-Dormant Quadrants of Your Brain

We typically use the term “light-bulb moment” when a brand new thought pops in our head, but we never use it for an old thought being reignited. We only bring this up because each one of these old, almost-forgotten gems gave our brain a nice, warm feeling that can only be caused by some sort of brain illumination. 

All we’re saying is that light bulbs turn on and off, and we’re turning a whole bunch of them back on today. Then we’ll petition to have that light-bulb idiom amended.

Mimeographed Copies

Remember when your first shot of alcohol on test-day was... ...SNIFFING YOUR MIMEOGRAPHED COPY? CRACKED.COM

McDonald’s Fried Apple Pies

In the early 90's, McDonald's began offering baked pies, essentially phasing out KOONON M® FRIED APPLE PIES, the vastly superior, crispy, oozy, blister your tongue for life version. CRACKED.COM

Myspace

Let's face it. myspace.com PODERED EN Web . Search Canada. Google Home Mail (97) Profile Friends Music Video More Free Layou.. Lite My Account Sign Out Free Layouts 4 MySpace Free Lavouts . MySpace vouts 4 MySauce Got SomeWow Layouts On Female A 4 33 years old CALIFORNIA United States outs - DU Entry [Subscribe to this : of Blog Nown Last Login: 15/05/2009 X new ayouts US on line New more Mood: artistic View My: Pick Videos [verw - Blag Extriot Contacting Free Lavouts 4 CasSace Free Layouts 4.MySpace's Send Heasage C mars Strend About me: Add Fri Friends - Myspace

Bench Seats

CRACKED.COM Bench seats made cuddling our dates so much easier.

Little Tikes

In 1991, The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe was America's best selling car. little likes For over 40 years, the company has sold 457,000 cars each year. CRACKED.COM

Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head used to be a real potato... that you had to provide. TRY НЕТ ВОД POTA E! BA Pie F J any poi Incla bod mcc Originally MR the toy came with Lot to e into stick a had home. potato In 1964 you Mattel began providing the plastic potato body. CRACKED.COM

He-Man

He-Man was a toy before it was a TV show. When trying to sell the toy a Mattel sales rep told distributors a TV show was in the works- which was a lie. However, the lie sold the toy- forcing Mattel to create a TV show around the action figure. CRACKED.COM

Pulp Fiction

CRACKED THE DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE AND PULP FICTION CONNECTION. In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis sings Flowers on the Wall over the soundtrack. Then, when he's asked how he's been in Die Hard with a Vengeance, he responds with the lyrics from the song, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.

Scream

CRACKED TUKFZA SCREAM INCLUDED A SOLID NOD TO THE EXORCIST. Director Wes Craven brought in The Exorcist star Linda Blair for a cameo as a reporter. It's a clear tribute to one of the best horror films of all time.

Jurassic Park

The raptors in Jurassic Park weren't CGI. Those were men in costumes. John Rosengrant was the main raptor suit performer. To make his movements convincing, he had to squat inside of the suit like a downhill skiier. It took work with a personal trainer to condition his body to hold the pose for long periods of time. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

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Vanessa Carlton

CRACKED VANESSA CARLTON WAS THE QUEEN OF 2002. Her hit single A Thousand Miles and its music video made her world-famous. It remained in the Billboard Top Ten for 41 weeks, went double platinum and charted worldwide. No other song came close.

Boy Meets World

Bad boys with center parts and hearts of gold - they were everywhere. Rider Strong's Shawn was 11 at the beginning of Boy Meets World, really pushing the boy part of bad boy. CRACKED

Teen Angel

All 12 people who remember Teen Angel do so fondly. The titular angel (Mike Damus) summed up a lot of late-'90s coolness - spiky hair, sarcasm and seeming at all times to be wearing at least one layer too many. CRACKED

Rocket Power

ROCKET Z About as late-'90s as it gets, Nickelodeon's Rocket Power followed the antics of a group of extreme sports-loving techno-whizzes who only stopped playing street hockey to eat burgers in a surf shop. Radical! CRACKED

Joey Lawrence

Handsomely stupid and stupidly handsome, Joey (portrayed by Joey Lawrence) was at the forefront of one of the 1990s' most important TV movements: the good-looking dumbass with a center part and habit of wearing garish sweater vests. CRACKED

Nickelodeon

1991 was a big year for Nickelodeon cartoons. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 993 1994 1995 1996 1999 It was the debut of their first animated series: Doug, 1995 1993 Rugrats, 1993 and Ren & Stimpy. 1992 1904 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM

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 MILL Its release 1990 ushered 1941 1999 in 002 a 1094 new 1995 993 era in visuals, for Hollywood. 1994 1995 1996 1993 1998 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

Malcolm in the Middle

A Little House on the Prairie Actor Created Malcom in the Middle. MALC IN THe LM MIDDLe Linwood Boomer, who played Mary Ingalls' husband, based the character of Malcom on himself as a kid. CRACKED.COM

Disney

The '90s are 1994 1995 1% 1992 1993 1994 sometimes called the Disney SORO 1991 99 Renaissance. 1993 1995 1990 999 1997 1994 It began in late 1989 with the wildly successful The Little Mermaid, 100 reached its peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1990 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

Hubble

The Human Genome Project was 1990 1991 1998 1999 1990 launched in 1990. So was the Hubble Space Telescope. 1995 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

The first Harry Potter book OC 1999 published 1990 199 in 996 1997. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 the 1998 1995 1996 1997 J.K. Rowling says she 1996 regrets having different titles in the U.S. vs. worldwide. CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess CRACKED.COM Xena was supposed to be killed off after a three-episode arc on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but was so popular she got a six-season starring role instead.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

CRACKED.COM NORTH ULF Tyra Banks' first speaking role was on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Before she screamed her belief in us, Banks had a recurring role as Jackie, Will's friend/ex-girlfriend from West Philadelphia who got to University of California on a basketball scholarship.

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Rocko’s Modern Life

CRACKED.COM ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE This show surprisingly feels like an Adult Swim show from the 2010s instead of '90s kids show. In the 2019 movie, the gang supports a character who comes out as trans in what feels like a natural progression of the original series tackling mature, even somewhat mundane adult issues in a very uplifting way.

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The Muppet Movie

Muppets started the trend of post-credits scenes. 1979's The Muppets Movie kickstarted the trend in the '80s, which Ferris Bueller's Day Off was a part of f-- and Ferris inspired the post-credits scenes in the MCU. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

‘90s Kids

Identifying as a 90s kid CRACKEDCONT Teens (understandably) hate our '9Os nostalgia (since it's the early aughts that are now back in style)

Scooby-Doo

CRACKED CO COM Since Scooby-Doo's debut in 1969, there's been... 9TV movies 19 video games 12 TV series 36 direct-to- video films EACH MORE BIZARRE TH

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake RECEIVING 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel's anti-communist metaphor is classic sci-fi noir, with many remakes. The worst one is The Invasion, with Nicole Kidman. The best? That'd be the 1978 one, which adds always reliable '70s paranoia, closely followed by Abel Ferrara's 1993 version. 1993 2007 1978 CRACKED.COM

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