25 Facts About the 90s That Are Totally Rad.
Nathan Johnson
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11/26/2019
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Some facts to help you remember the past.
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Saved By The Bell started off as a show about a teacher in Indianapolis. It was called Good Morning, Miss Bliss and was retooled in 1989 to the hit show we know today. -
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32% of iMacs were sold to first-time computer buyers. -
3.
R.L. Stine wrote the novelizations for Spaceballs and Ghostbusters 2. -
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“Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice was originally a B-side. The song caught one when a radio deejay in Georgia played it, which was most likely an accident. -
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Mattel sued MCA Records over the song “Barbie Girl” by Aqua for copyright infringement. -
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The “Hamster Dance” website from the late ’90s is still live. -
7.
The inventor of the Super Soaker, Lonnie Johnson, was a former engineer for NASA. -
8.
Sabrina from Sabrina the Teenage Witch lives in the fictional town of Westbridge, but her ZIP code is actually a real one for Salem, Massachusetts. -
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Chuckie from Rugrats was based on Mark Mothersbaugh, the lead singer of Devo. -
10.
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opened in 1992. Seven Yankee Stadiums could fit inside the gigantic shopping center. -
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Executives at Warner Brothers weren’t sure that The Matrix would do well because the writers and directors weren’t yet known. A 600 page shot-for-shot storyboard was created to convince the execs to create it. The movie went on to gross more than $450 million. -
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Carmen Sandiego’s middle name is actually Isabel. -
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Google’s first server storage rack was made of legos. Now the company makes over $100 billion a year. -
14.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas won the first Nickelodeon Kids Lifetime Achievement Award for his part on Home Improvement. -
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To get the sound for the T. rex in Jurassic Park, the crew used a recording of a Jack Russel terrier playing with a rope and slowed it down. -
16.
My Girl made Macaulay Culkin the first child actor to be paid $1 million for a film. -
17.
During the filming for Titanic, someone spiked the crew’s lobster chowder and 60 people got sick. Some were even hospitalized for hallucinations. -
18.
Pepsi tested about 3,000 variations for Crystal Pepsi, which was launched in 1992 and was gone by 1994. -
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Ebay launched in 1995. The site was originally called AuctionWeb. -
20.
Light-up sneakers became popular in 1992 when LA Gear first came out with them. The company sold 5 million pairs annually for the first few years. -
21.
When the Hummer was first released in 1992, it weighed 10,000 pounds and only got 10 miles per gallon. -
22.
In 1997, Tickle Me Elmos sold online for up to $1,500 after it became the hottest toy on the market. -
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The Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990. It was able to lock onto a target without deviating more than the width of a human hair ween at a distance of one mile. -
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In the “Baby One More Time” music video, Britney’s cousin Chad played her love interest. -
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Justin Reardon came up with the “Whassup” Budweiser commercial. He was only given a $250 bonus and a baseball hat for his idea.
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