16 Facts About Pop Culture That Can Make You Exclaim, “But It Only Happened Yesterday!”

Perhaps each of us gets the feeling that the older we get, the quicker time flies. It seems it was only yesterday that we graduated from school and danced at prom, and today we are adult people wearing business suits. In addition, many of the TV shows we liked to watch in our youth are more than 25 years old now.

Bright Side decided to recall events that seem to have happened only recently but, in fact, took place decades ago. The bonus feature will show you a photo of one of the most famous artists that was likely alive when you were growing up.

The first book about Harry Potter was released 25 years ago. The movie about the wizard will turn 21 in 2022.

The year 2015 shown in Back to the Future is already 7 years behind us.

The movie Titanic turns 25 this year.

The premiere of the series, Friends, took place 28 years ago.

The first season of Game of Thrones was released 11 years ago.

Dirty Dancing conquered people’s hearts 35 years ago.

The debut single of Spice Girls’ Wannabe was first played 25 years ago.

On July 15, 2022, the song Gangnam Style celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

Tetris is already 38 years old.

The first Scream movie turned 26 years old in 2022.

We have been rewatching the flick, The Devil Wears Prada, for 16 years already.

Teletubbies have celebrated 25 years of their creative activity.

The first part of Shrek was released 21 years ago.

Daniel Craig first played James Bond 16 years ago.

The characters of American Pie were getting ready for their prom 23 years ago.

Cindy Crawford’s daughter, Kaia, is now 1 year older than Cindy was when she was signing a contract with a modeling agency.

Bonus: If you’re older than 33, you likely lived at the same time as Salvador Dalí.

Which of these facts impressed you the most? Can you boast about living at the same time as a great artist?