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Shower thought of the day: Time is weird. Strange even. Read on for some shocking examples that made us throw our calendars right in the garbage and then immediately retrieve them because they were filled with value information.

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The first Harry 1991 Potter book : 1999 1990 published 199 in 096 1997. is 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1998 1999 the 1594 1995 1996 1997 J.K. Rowling says she 1996 1997 regrets having different titles in the U.S. vs. worldwide. 1991 1995 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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On April 17, 1991, the Dow Jones 1991 1992 1990 1999 1993 closed above 1993 994 3,000 1995 98 1999 1996 1997 for 1996 the first time. 093 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 The The world puts ice stock in UI - Tim 1997 1992 1993 1994 1995 These days the Dow closes 1992 1993 at well over 27,000. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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Sonic the LOS 1994 1995 IN 1992 1993 1994 Hedgehog 1999 1990 1996 made 199 090 1992 199 1994 1999 his 1998 debut 1990 in 1992 1991. 1993 1998 1997 1991 1995 And Resident was 10 STATE Evil was released in 1996. 1992 1993 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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The Human Genome Project was 1990 1991 1992 1998 1999 1990 launched in 19 1990. 1998 1999 996 1997 So was LOVE the Hubble 996 1997 1995 Space Telescope. 1992 1993 1990 1991 199 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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The '90s are 1994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 sometimes called LAND the 1997 199 Disney the the 992 Renaissance. 1993 1994 1995 1996 1999 1997 in late with the wildly successful It began The Little 1989 Mermaid, 1005 1996 reached its peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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In the '90s, we 198 wore stupidly- 1991 1992 1999 1990 199 oversized jeans. 97 1998 1999 N5 1996 1997 And if you've 1992 202 got 1001 $300, 1997 1995 you can buy them now. 1993 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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In the '90s we 994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 watched crime dramas 1996 199 199 like 1990 Diagnosis: Murder. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 will 1000 PART And Jake and the Fatman. 1998 1999 1997 Because there's nothing more 1995 entertaining than formulaic 1993 crime-of-the-week bro dramas. 991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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Freddie Mercury 15 1994 November 1092 died on 100g TOOT 24, 1000 1991.H 1000 He v was LA 45. 199 97 999 1001 1000 1002 1001 1005 ДНА 1592 1993 1950 The cause: AIDS-induced 995 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 pneumonia. 97 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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Seattle became 1993 1994 the 1. 1994 epicenter of new music, thanks 1992 to Grunge. 199 097 1998 1999 1995 1996 1997 1993 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Seattle bands were getting 96 signed to major labels at the rate 1997 of one a week during April, 1992. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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The Cold War

In 1992, President 995 19 993 George H.W. Bush met 199 with Russian President 1999 Boris Yeltsin. 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 the 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 At the meeting, they 5 1996 1997 994 1995 formally declared that 992 1993 the Cold 1993 War is over. 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's d*ck while he 1998 was 1999 asleep. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Then she got in her car, 1997 1995 drove off, and 991 ditched 1993 it in a field. 997 1998 1999 1990 1991 395 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source: 22 Amazing, Now-You-Know Things That Happened In The 1990s

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Ya UVB-76, 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga A mysterious, unknown Russian radio station has been broadcasting a strange buzzing, punctuated by intermittent code words, since 1973. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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There are probably as many as 2,000 serial killers who have never been caught, and are just living out their creepy little lives. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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A legendary practice in ancient Arabia involved a person binging on honey until they died, soaking in honey for 100 years, then being made into a bone-healing candy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Harvard has a book bound in human skin. The doctor who had Des destinees de l'ame bound said A book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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A therapy cat in a Rhode Island nursing home has predicted dozens of deaths by locating and lying with residents who are on death's door. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Madame Tussaud

Madame HOLLYWOOD Tussauds The real Madame Tussaude was spared from the guillotine, then employed to fetch its famous victims' heads and create death masks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Babies grow a temporary mustache in utero. The fine hair eventually spreads to their entire body, and usualy disappears - ie, is ingested - before birth. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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French Nuns

Mass hysteria in a large 19th century French convent once caused a bunch of nuns to start loudly meowing in unison, for hours a day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Con bab MHA de de Luber Secine their pide Pers Sondre - to DALAGOR adidas de believa and Mont Adres adidas dre KICK - - DON a National A museum in Rome collects evidence of human souls entering (or struggling to escape) purgatory. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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The Sedlec Ossuary is partially constructed out of 70,000 skeletons. That's skeletons, not bones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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A chicken once lived for 18 months after its head was cut off. It still tried to peck for food, and gurgled when it tried to crow. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Medical error acounts for about 250,000 premature deaths in the United States every year. That's the third leading cause of death in the country. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Surgery

Surgeons once removed a fledgling fir tree from a man's lungs, after diagnosing it as a tumor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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(2017 AG13) Earth In 2017, an asteroid large enough to do major damage passed closer to the Earth than the moon, and was only noticed 2 days before it got here. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Disneyland used to display real human bones. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride used cadaver parts from UCLA in the 1960s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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6 U.S. nuclear weapons have just... vanished. Amus Known as broken arrows, they've either sunk to inaccessible depths or disappeared altogether. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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Auditory Illusions

23% of children under the age of 13 have experience auditory illusions - meaning they've heard voices. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

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