15 Now-You-Know Facts From The Not-So-Distant Past
![15 Now-You-Know Facts From The Not-So-Distant Past](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/4/791294_320x180.jpg)
Ah, the Millennial age is coming to a close, clinging onto their dwindling youth as the Zoomers are rising into prominence. That said, who doesn’t appreciate a good throwback (is “throwback” still a word or something the olds say)? When going back and reflecting on our past, we can look upon several things fondly while also learning some new tidbits about them.
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I’m sure you have a dead Tamagotchi in your basement or attic somewhere, but were you aware that you could have it buried in a special cemetery? Or that the city you created in SimCity could never be made for a really depressing reason? Or that you could still use your old Blockbuster card in Oregon?
Take a trip down memory lane, soak in the nostalgia, and give your impressionable, young, still-awkward-on-dates past a full body massage with these random factoids about your not-so-distant past.
![A pet cemetery in England offered burial ground for dead Tamagotchi People shipped their toys from all over the world to their final resting place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/5/791305.jpg)
Source: CNN
![Hilary Duff needed an acting coach on set of Lizzie McGuire. After filming the pilot, Disney hired an acting coach to help the children on set. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/3/791293.jpg)
Source: VICE
![Ty Warner hid $24 million from the IRS and got away with probation The judge only gave the billionaire behind Beanie Babies two years probation and community service. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/5/791205.jpg)
Source: Chicago Mag
![Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini had a fling while filming From Justin to Kelly Clarkson admitted she briefly dated her American Idol runner-up. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/4/791204.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![Neopets was designed for and by college students \create a /neopet create.a.pet bet centre Step Choose your species! Click the picture for information explore pet's on more about each species. Remember that creating a pet will earn you 50 Neopoints You can have up to 4 Neopets, but no more, as soon they will begin to get very demanding. If you are just games starting out, it may be best for you to choose one. neomail shops boards news stuff In 2002, the site was the most popular site on the internet in terms of time on site. NOW YOU KNOW](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/1/791201.jpg)
Source: The Guardian
![Backstreet Boys are the best selling boy band in history SORRY NSYNC fans but by the numbers, BSB wins fair and square, with over 100 million albums sold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/3/791203.jpg)
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
![Sarah Michelle Gellar. was almost Amber in Clueless. While on All My Children, Gellar's producers refused to accommodate the movie's filming schedule so the role was given to Elisa Donovan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/1/791081.jpg)
Source: ScreenRant
![Rihanna threw Katy Perry a bachelorette party. When Perry married Russell Brand, Rihanna was unable to attend due to scheduling issues, but still performed the maid of honor duty of bachelorette party planner. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/0/791200.jpg)
Source: MTV
![There is one remaining Blockbuster located in Bend, Oregon new release In April 2020, the store was listed on AirBnB for '90s-themed sleepovers. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/7/791077.jpg)
Source: ABC News
![Jock Jams was created because the songs were easy to license. JOCK IAMS YOLOHE The songs were chosen based on qhat audiences for Knicks and Rangers NHL games were responding to. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/7/791067.jpg)
Source: HuffPost
![The song Cotton-Eyed Joe originated among enslaved people It spread quickly through the South and became a square-dance classic. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/6/791066.jpg)
Source: Mental Floss
![Whitney Houston was originally going to be titular character in Cinderella. The movie took years to finally make, and everyone agreed Whitney, 34, was too old SO Whitney made the call to the Moesha star Brandy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/8/791068.jpg)
Source: Shondaland
![The Hamster Dance was created on a competition between an art student, her friend, and her sister to see who could get the most traffic RR The creator Deidre LaCarte and her friend later got married. Internet memes have brought people together since their beginning. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/5/791065.jpg)
Source: CBC
![The song Macarena is about a woman who cheats on her boyfriend while he's drafted One translation is of the lyrics include Macarena has a boyfriend who is named/ Who is named with the last name Vitorino/And while he was being sworn in as a conscript/ She's giving it to two friends NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/4/791064.jpg)
Source: HuffPost
![SimCity couldn't be modeled on real cities because there's too many parking lots the The designer said We quickly realized there were way too many parking lots in the real world and that our game was going to be really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/3/791063.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic