Mix Tape
A word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward.
Palindrome
D.A.R.E.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
The food pyramid insists this should make up the largest part of your diet.
Carbohydrates
This 2007 home video taught us that siblings are pain, fame is random, and British toddlers had better comedic timing than adults.
“Charlie Bit My Finger”
You swear you’ve lived this exact moment before
Déjà vu
How many stripes are there on the US flag?
Thirteen
SAT
Scholastic Aptitude Test
In middle school health videos, this three-letter virus was the terrifying consequence of literally any romantic contact.
HIV
This viral hit introduced a singing rodent trio that somehow topped Billboard charts — and tortuThis viral hit introduced a singing rodent trio that somehow topped Billboard charts — and tortured parents everywhere.red parents everywhere.
Alvin and the Chipmunks / “The Chipmunk Song”
You see someone who looks exactly like you across the coffee shop. Congratulations — you’ve just encountered this folklore twin.
A doppelgänger
Billie Eilish's city of origin
Los Angeles
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
We were told this colorful classroom diagram proved taste buds are neatly divided by flavor — sweet, sour, salty, bitter.
The tongue map
This surreal 2005 video featured animated llamas, candy mountains, and a guy who just wanted to keep his kidney.
“Charlie the Unicorn”
When you walk into a room and forget why you’re there, you’ve likely hit this common neurological loading screen.
Short-term memory error / Brain glitch
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the name for the plastic or metal tube on the end of a shoelace?
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
We were warned that this habit would lead to arthritis.
Cracking your knuckles
This British comedy troupe’s “Dead Parrot” sketch and “Holy Grail” clips were passed around early forums long before YouTube.
Monty Python
DAILY DOUBLE
This famous phenomenon occurs when large groups of people remember something that never actually happened — like “Berenstain Bears” spelled differently.
This creature is the national animal of Scotland
Unicorn
FASFA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
This “blind” flying mammal actually has great vision — it just prefers echolocation.
A bat
This disturbing “viral challenge” clip wasn’t safe for work, life, or sanity — but everyone pretended they hadn’t watched it.
“2 Girls 1 Cup”
Time loses all meaning between 2 and 4 p.m., when hours pass in minutes or minutes last for years.
Temporal distortion / Afternoon time warp