30 Throwback Pop-Culture Facts That Are Probably Going To Make You Feel Old

Getting old is hard. All the trends change faster than you can keep up with, your favorite songs are now “throwbacks,” and your body hurts pretty much all the time. It’s strange to see how fast time has flown since all of our favorite movies and music came out.

All of these pop-culture throwback facts feel like they happened a few years ago when it turns out some have actually been decades. I’m pretty distraught about it.


1. Mara Wilson, the actress from Matilda, is 33

2. Toy Story was the first feature-length 3D cartoon, and it came out 25 years ago

3. Kevin McCallister was left home alone 30 years ago

4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Shrek, and Ocean’s Eleven were released in the same year. It’s been 19 years since

5. Bart Simpson would be 41 years old this year

6. The Motorola RAZR is now in a museum

7. The last Friends episode came out 16 years ago

8. Leonardo DiCaprio; 16-year difference between Titanic & The Great Gatsby

9. In 2009, the actors from Game of Thrones looked like today’s fans of the series

10. It has been 27 years since we first saw a T. rex in Jurassic Park

11. Today, we’re closer to the opening of the Nickelodeon time capsule than to when it was buried

12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first Harry Potter book, came out 23 years ago

13. Ralph Macchio, the actor who played Daniel LaRusso, is now older than Mr. Miyagi was when Karate Kid came out

14. Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade Scott is now 24

15. Lindsay Lohan met her fake twin in The Parent Trap 22 years ago.

16. Dirty Dancing was released 33 years ago

17. The Olsen twins are now older than John Stamos was when Full House ended

18. 24 years ago Tamagotchi appeared

19. You’ve been dancing to “Oops!… I Did It Again” for 20 years

20. Madonna is 62 years old

21. Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle is 29.

22. The first episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch aired 24 years ago

23.You’ve been singing “Wonderwall” at karaoke for 25 years

24.Curly Sue is 40 now and a mother of 2

25. The Krusty Krab pizza episode of “Spongebob” is 21 years old

26. Kurt Cobain’s daughter is 28 years old

27. “Google” was a number 22 years ago

28. Jurassic Park is 1 year older than Justin Bieber

29. Facebook has been in our lives for 16 years

30. The Sprouse twins just turned 28 years old