Pop Culture Facts That Will Make You Feel Old
This year has been a big one for pop culture anniversaries. Friends turned 10 making Ross's son, Ben, almost 20 now. Some of our favorite albums from the '90s turned 15 this year — including Britney Spears's . . . Baby One More Time and Christina Aguilera's divalicious debut — and many killer teen movies did too. While exciting, it's not all sweet nostalgic feelings — it forces us to look at just how long it's been since those good old days. Keep reading to see 25 mind-blowing pop culture facts that will make you feel ancient, from the demise of YM magazine and other 2000s trends to exactly how long ago Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen made a splash in matching outfits.
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1 It Takes Two came out 19 years ago.
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2 Mary-Kate and Ashley's matching style has changed a lot in two decades.
3 Remember Nicky and Alex from Full House?
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4 This is them now. They're 23.
5 Friends started two decades ago.
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6 Ross's son, Ben, from Friends would be 19 now.
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7 Sex and the City has been off the air for 10 years.
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8 Christina Aguilera's debut album turns 15 this year.
9 This is how Miley Cyrus used to dance, back when she was Hannah Montana.
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10 And this is what Miley considers dancing now.
11 Nipplegate happened a decade ago.
12 Grey's Anatomy is in its 11th season.
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13 Denny Duquette died eight years ago — RIP.
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14 And George O'Malley died six years ago.
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15 Titanic hit screens 16 years ago.
16 Clarissa Explains It All started 23 years ago.
17 And 18 years ago, we first met Sabrina the Teenage Witch. We miss you, Salem.
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18 The first Harry Potter movie came out 13 years ago.
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19 This is the cast at their first premiere in 2001 and their last in 2011.
20 Cruel Intentions turns 15 this year.
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21 Britney Spears's kids are 8 and 9 years old.
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22 The year that Marty McFly flies to in Back to the Future 2 is 2015.
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23 The kids from the cartoon Recess would all be 26 now.
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24 SpongeBob SquarePants has been on for 15 years.
25 And lastly, YM hasn't been on newsstands for a decade.
