Trends and Events from the Decade That You Completely Forgot About

The Cup Song

The Cup Song was maybe more popular than the Pitch Perfect movie franchise it was taken from. Everyone learned this simple song. All you needed was a plastic cup and a decent singing voice. Some people even joined in with friends! This was a big video meme of the decade, but it only started in 2013. 

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The More You Know

  • Sharks "smell in stereo."
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity!
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