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

2014: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

The Ice Bucket Challenge became the most popular internet trend in the summer of 2014, raising a total of $115 million for ALS awareness and research. The awareness it spread even led to the discovery of a previously unknown gene related to the disease. Small movements like this really can have an impact.

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The More You Know

  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
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