These Are All The Major Pop Culture & Historical Moments of the Last Decade

2013: "The Cup Song" Goes Viral

When Anna Kendrick performed this song — and the accompanying percussion routine using a plastic cup — in the movie Pitch Perfect, it was all over everyone's Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube feeds. Everyone was covering this song, no matter how objectively annoying it was. 

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The More You Know

  • A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time.
  • Christian Bale studied Tom Cruise's mannerisms to prepare for his role as a psychotic killer in American Psycho.
  • Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
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