TikTok Food Trends
This TikTok trend describes a low-effort meal made up of random snacks—like cheese, crackers, fruit, or leftovers—thrown together and enjoyed instead of cooking a full dinner
Girl Dinner
This colorful sticker and stationery brand was known for neon rainbows, unicorns, and everything your middle-school trapper keeper needed
Lisa Frank
This shipwreck inspired much of Walter Lord’s nonfiction book A Night to Remember
Titanic
Lady Gaga: Bad Dance
Michael Phelps won five gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. That same year, this Broadway musical about America's first Treasury Secretary won a record-setting 11 Tony Awards.
Hamilton
This ultra-viral dessert combines chocolate, pistachio filling, and crispy shredded pastry, and it became one of the biggest internet sweets of 2025 and 2026
Dubai Chocolate
This catchy dance song by Los del Río sparked a global craze in the mid‑1990s, with simple moves performed at weddings, parties, and even political events
The Macarena
This historical event provides the backdrop for Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities
The French Revolution
Billy Joel: Uptown Fire
Uptown Girl and We Didn't Start The Fire
Michael Jordan returned to the NBA in 1995 after a brief retirement to play professional baseball. That same year, Pixar released this groundbreaking, first fully computer-animated feature film.
Toy Story
Rooted in Utah soda-shop culture, this drink gained national attention by blending carbonation with cream and syrups to create endlessly customizable, TikTok-ready beverages
Dirty Soda
This music television channel reached a cultural peak in the 1990s, using visually innovative music videos to help launch artists to superstardom
MTV
This ancient city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and has been the subject of many historical books and novels
Pompeii
Lorde: Buzzcut In The Dark
Buzzcut Season and Writer In The Dark
Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's "Iron Horse" record by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game in 1995. That same year, this website launched with the goal of selling books online.
Amazon
Often described as the chaotic cousin of charcuterie it involves spreading a soft base across a flat surface and topping it with ingredients like herbs, honey, or flaky salt, turning a traditional condiment into a shared centerpiece
Butter Board
Before cloud storage, this plastic-encased magnetic medium was essential for transferring files and installing software, often holding just 1.44 MB of data
Floppy Disk
This French military leader’s 1812 invasion of Russia serves as the major historical backdrop of Tolstoy’s War and Peace
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Beatles: While My Universe
While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Across The Universe
The New Orleans Saints captured the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XLIV. Later that year, 33 miners were rescued after spending more than two months trapped underground in this South American country.
Chile
This TikTok-famous high school English teacher went viral for her unconventional “teacher lunch” videos, including a baked sweet potato stuffed with cheese, dumplings in onion cups and creative British-inspired meals
Courtney Cook (Courtney Cook Bales)
This early internet service popularized phrases like “You’ve got mail!” and became a cultural gateway online, often distributed via CDs in mailboxes across the country
AOL (America Online)
This century is the setting of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, with its monastery, murder mystery, and medieval intrigue
14th Century
ABBA: Slipping Through The Music
Slipping Through My Fingers and Thank You For The Music
Argentina defeated France to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup. That same year, production began on this Oscar-winning film featuring Benny Safdie, Jack Quaid, and Matt Damon.
Oppenheimer