90 Facts about the 90s - mental_floss - List Show (Ep. 236)

[@isabellaangeline2175]

I miss the 90’s. Best decade ever.

[@viggthepale]

The 90s nostalgia has been popping up a lot lately. Yesterday a guy at work read off a list of the top 50 90s pop hits,while another guy sand each one from memory.

[@harasnicole]

As someone who was born in '86, this brings back so many memories.

[@MrDavidMcNick]

4:21 - I grew up in Australia in the 90's and we only called them bucket hats. This video is the first time I've heard them called giggle hats.

[@illtardisyourdoctor]

I was so annoyed when he said that, I was thinking "who the fuck calls them giggle hats!??!"

[@lilmisshorngirl]

I was a teen in the 90s in Australia and I know neither what a giggle or bucket hat is.

[@MrDavidMcNick]

No one should wear them over the age of 10. I had to wear them at my school.

[@GEEKsomniac]

I thought they were fishing hats/caps lol

[@alexandramaclachlan7597]

Yep, deffs were always and still are bucket hats. Still love the list tho :P

[@jordanmoore7340]

I can't believe you brought up the inspiration for Rugrats characters without mentioning that Tommy is based on The Doctor!

[@tweetthang96]

Wait WHAT?! My favorite childhood character is based on a favorite grown up character?! My life is made.

[@kobil316SH]

+Jordan Moore ...who the fuck is the doctor

[@strawberries1186]

+Kobil Shakur Heard of Doctor Who?

[@kobil316SH]

Angela Merkel Yes but never watched it

[@JennaLeigh]

Jordan Moore or that the reason that Chuckie was based on Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo is because Mothersbaugh wrote and produced all the music for Rugrats, including the iconic theme.

[@AD-uv5ws]

I miss these!!! Please BRING THEM BACK!!

[@halfwhiteNnerdy]

Here's a random fact: I am one of the original 90's kids. I was recorded as the first baby to be born in Spain on January 1, 1990. WHoo! I'm as 90's as it gets

[@halfwhiteNnerdy]

***** lol thanks!

[@brandanberg7214]

pics or it didn't happen.

[@halfwhiteNnerdy]

brandan berg Well, they took a picture of my parents and I and put it in the base paper. (I was born on a military base). That's all I got for ya, sorry.

[@brandanberg7214]

halfwhiteNnerdy damn it seems that we have the same exact birth records... we are to well matched.

[@chopsticks8204]

I was born a day after you then :D

[@agawthikkromance]

thank you so much for doing this episode. i'm still stuck in the 90's and i love it.

[@nyak63RUS]

*Man* Twin Peaks was such a good show. It's the best thing on this list.

[@JediCoati]

"Don't forget to be Uncle Jesse". I'm not even laughing, I'm just crying. That goes straight to my heart, John Green.

[@mizscoleman]

Pure, unadulterated awesomeness. It was a simpler time (sigh).

[@emanlaer8945]

The 90's was an epic time! -Pliny The Younger's appointment as Urban Quaestor ends, but is later named Praetor -The Marcomanni were defeated by the Romans -The Book of Revelation was written. -Chinese emporer Ban Chiao establishes relations with the Parthians -Pope Evaristus succeeds Pople Clement the First -Nerva succeeds Titus Flavius Domitianus as emporer of Rome, only to die from a stroke in a few years and succeed by his adopted son Trajan. I miss the 90's. The music, the hairstyles, the world events...*sigh*

[@ukeleledotlove]

I was 9 when y2k happened. My mom believed that it was Armageddon and told me everyone on Earth was going to die. I spent those months in a state of horrified panic and mentally prepared myself for death. Fun times the 90's.

[@TheMimiSard]

+Emma Cox The Y2K freakout probably was exactly why it never happened. Everyone went and updated their computers.

[@everquestfan]

She was 20yrs off, now is the end of western civilization. We had a basement full of Cosco lol the mice loved us.

[@s0ngf0rx]

ok that's it we NEED 1500 facts about the 1500's!!

[@sciencenate]

shimmy.ojeleye I think you mean 0 facts from the 16th century. Unless you meant 1580 - then you could get some facts

[@s0ngf0rx]

@@sciencenate i dont understand what you mean

[@displacerkatsidhe]

I was amused to wonder into the comments expecting kids to be asking "What's Y2K?" and found people arguing about Poke'mon instead.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

Something to do with lazy programing. Using 2 digits for the year instead of 4, so 98 instead of 1998. It was pretty much a conspiracy theory that went viral before viral only meant youtube videos.

[@Nilguiri]

kattaylordesign In what way was it a "conspiracy theory"? What does that even mean? I worked for well over a year before 2000 in different companies and fixed dozens of applications. Companies all over the world spent millions to modify their systems so that they wouldn't screw up. It's a shame you weren't around to tell us all we were wasting our time and that they would actually work fine in spite of all the analysis that was done to identify and correct all of the problems. You could have saved billions of dollars all around the world.

[@alannar.8701]

I was born in '02, and I know what Y2K is. Everybody knows what Y2K is.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

Nilguiri Yeah that you took an internet comment WAY too personally. What I mean by conspiracy theory is how much panic the media was whipping up about it. I remember specials on what to do when all the computers crash, and remember to be stocked up on none perishable foods. Some people were literally on the edge of panic. Like the world was going to end. I don't doubt that the programing had to be updated, but the level of freakout some people were willing to get to because the media said jump was pretty hilarious. You have to admit.

[@blehblehbleh86]

kattaylordesign if the work was not done some of those scenarios would have happened...

[@sen8610]

You should should do 0 facts about the 00's.

[@sen8610]

Thank you for complying with my demands

[@sydneyalpers7393]

kvtty wutr this is comedy gold

[@lucyw993]

edit fog lol

[@justinlau5136]

No, it should be 2000 facts about the 2000's.

[@Zippy306]

God, I miss the 90s... my favourite decade.

[@nandinimehta7846]

I love John green more than words can express

[@Bluefire5ify]

I haven't seen a 90's kid post in a few years and I'm so thankful

[@Rathdrgnknight]

Um... Kadabra hasn't been retired. He's still in the game. >__>

[@blarghblarghblargh]

He wasn't used in the show or games by trainers and wasn't catchable in the wild until the last 2 games.

[@Rathdrgnknight]

Um... he's been used by several trainers in gens 4, 5, and 6, he's being used by several "brain and brawn" teams in the most recent Pokemon game, and is catchable, so no, he's definitely not "retired".

[@Tailikku1]

DavisForever I think John was referring to the Kadabra card, which has since been discontinued.

[@aidanboyle7374]

DavisForever I believe hearing that the main problem he had was with the Dark Kadabra card, because it made him look evil. The card was retired and Kadabra has never had another dark card.

[@Bopnan]

The fact itself it's incomplete: it was retired... But only from the card game and the anime. There hasn't been a Kadabra card since 2003. Curious enough, there was an Abra and Alakazam card in the Diamond and Pearl era and to avoid using Kadabra, Abra's PokéPower is to being able to evolve directly to Alakazam.

[@TheMohawkNinja]

As someone who grew up with light-up shoes, all I can say is that if I could wear them now that I'm a 19 year old in college... I would.

[@wyrmsroost]

You should. Install LEDs into your shoes. Do it. Now.

[@mandiemoore3272]

I have a really small foot I still do wear them I buy them in the boys section

[@Zerepzerreitug]

oh the nineties. Time cannot pass too fast for us to forget you

[@3rdDayfan777]

Great video guys! I can't wait for "2000 Facts about the 2000s!"

[@McSwagger111]

Dear mentalfloss, Thank you

[@bearscookies9645]

Nostalgia is strong with this video...

[@hannahyep]

As an Australian, I am ashamed to have missed out on the use of "giggle hats". Everyone I know said "bucket hats".

[@heatherrichardson3640]

I laughed out loud several times during this one. Nice.

[@TheFabulousGabbasaurous]

I'm 6 years late but simba was voiced by 3 actors Jason Weaver was his singing voice and Matthew Broderick was adult Simba. Originally Jason Weaver was supposed to be Simba only youth voice but due to scheduling conflicts JTT was brought in to do the speaking parts.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

So much nostalgia!

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Uri Geller actually had more claim than you'd think. In Japan, Kadabra's name is Yungeller. In Denmark, bucket hats are called "Rascal hats". And Will Smith got the "Call him Will Smith" advice from Alfonso, his co-star, who played Carlton. ~ TDG

[@Ravenclaw1991]

I have the exact same gyroscope that's on the shelf at 8:00!

[@MrHypnofan]

Johnathan Taylor Thomas voiced young Simba; and his television father, Tim Allen, voiced Buzz Lightyear. Both facts were referenced in episodes of Home Improvement.

[@ambientmoder]

You should do 2000 facts about the 2000s!

[@tbyrn21]

As an Australian, I have never heard the term giggle hat... It has always been the bucket hat for me

[@JillH1995]

I love the Magic School Bus even more now.

[@D3C0Y]

This should be re-named to 90 facts that make you feel old.

[@addlebrainali]

So many memories.

[@christinecrawford]

YAY - Hanson!!!! Thanks for including Mmmhops, Meredith! (I just know that had to be your doing.) lol!!!

[@tilywinn]

I grew up in the 90's; I had no idea how pagers worked then and I still haven't got a clue. They always seemed like they're more trouble than they're worth. Y'know, unless you're a doctor on daytime television. Then, they're indispensable.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

It was pretty much all you had before cell phones. Otherwise there was no way for people to reach you unless you were at home with your land line. I also was mystified about how they worked.

[@Arachnid-XXX]

Melissa Lewis I had one in high school. It was cool because all my friends could contact me at any time. It sucked because so could my mother. :/

[@SunyiSideUp]

Back then, people used to use pagers as a way to get in touch with someone who wasn't near their (usually landline) phone. Even early cell phones didn't have texting, and only had calling, so pagers were still useful. I was never old enough to be in the pager era, as by the time I was in middle school, we had cell phones with texting, but I remember when pagers were a thing. I remember seeing cases for them at the mall, stuff.

[@shadow81818]

This episode mentions my name and my home state. Yay!

[@elmascavidal1797]

Fact # 90 The 90’s was kick ass!!!!! ... 80’s baby raised in the 1990’s

[@jhangelgurl]

Wow talk about reliving my childhood. I knew a good handful of these. Any 86 babies out there?

[@WhereWhoMe]

Some interesting facts, about that time. Brings back some memories.

[@PokeBeast2]

Never realized until now John is one of the Vlog Bros.

[@haliaosorio]

ONLY 90'S KIDS WILL REMEMBER THIS VIDEO

[@fatebreakerproductions]

1999: People think Furbies contain recording chips 2020: People think Furbies are possessed

[@happyfacefries]

Because it's a known fact that they are

[@TacComControl]

Fun fact about the Hamster Dance website. The song is a sped up version of a segment of the opening song from Disney's cartoon classic "Robin Hood", complete with the rooster's giggle.

[@TheCrabError]

All this time I have been forgetting to be Uncle Jesse. Thanks for the reminder.

[@TheDiplomancer]

"The parties are advised to chill." Wow. that is the most 90s thing ever.

[@SARA1133H]

"Don't forget to watch Blossom!" would also have totally fit here.

[@clyogren]

Thank you for reminding me that I am old. Well done! ;-)

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Amazing facts! They very interesting and important!

[@Nilguiri]

Yes, Doctor Martens were invented by Klaus Märtens after a skiing accident... In 1945, not the 90's! First sold in the UK in 1960.

[@labpants]

Docs were SUPER popular in the '90s. The American grunge movement saw to that.

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Well, it was probably because it was a "90's" shoe. I can remember reading books where teenagers specifically mention that their shoes are 'Docs'. Doesn't happen so often now, I think.

[@Nilguiri]

***** Cheers!

[@brandonbuchner1771]

I can't wait for the video of 00 facts about the 00's.

[@kylaxo12345]

this made me feel old

[@MagicCatJenny]

Thumbing this up for the reference to Mmmhops. Yesssss!

[@jesseondrumsjd]

I have not forgotten sir.

[@bananawanable]

"The parties are advised to chill" hahahaha :')

[@roamingmillennial2200]

I work at Geico and I approve this message! lol awesome show.

[@bfcv17]

Keep the awesome work!

[@MatthewCampbell765]

"No, Sam Fisher. You're not allowed to bring your Furby to work."

[@iceman1731]

The last video promised 92 facts, you still owe us two more facts Green.

[@EmmaSpAce111]

I had a toy taco bell chihuahua that said "hey lizard lizard" and I loved it as a child, I might still have it.

[@EmmaSpAce111]

I also got a tickle me elmo from my parents at age one or twoish so either 98 or 99

[@EmmaSpAce111]

that compute pic, dang, I'm getting flash backs to children's computer games, all my early digital art, the dialup noise, and watching my dad play a game with a time traveling raptor scientist. I type this on a macbook air.

[@EmmaSpAce111]

aww egg friend is so cute

[@wwbwbgohbc]

I still laugh when I think of Y2K. Just after midnight the local news cut to a live feed of a reporter outside a bank to see if ATMs were still useable. The reporter but in his bank card did what you do at an ATM, nothing happened. A small moment of panic and then the reporter realized he'd put in the wrong card.

[@SLACKLINEDUDE]

I remember on our high school announcements one morning that there was a craft club that was making choker necklaces

[@epicnerdofeverything1795]

Choker necklaces are also now popular, in all colors, including rainbow form.

[@JPMitchell31721]

Pogs were banned in my junior high for that exact reason. People were gambling with them and using them as currency.

[@00mazone]

Mine too. As soon as they where banned they where done. I still have some stuffed in a box somewhere. I learned not to get caught up in fads that year.

[@skevoid]

Did they also ban money?

[@wightwitch]

We used pokemon cards as our currency!

[@augustine356]

LOVE YOU JOHN

[@MartaBearr]

I'm so glad Uma ended up playing Mia.

[@jvpeters-liamwb249]

Bucket hats are NEVER to be referred to as GIGGLE HATS!!! Where did you get that fact from? (I live in Australia and I've never heard anyone say that)

[@aussietom85]

Also Australian, also never heard a bucket hat called a giggle hat

[@JoeCoughlin]

Dr. Astrô Nauth are you Australian?

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

***** Yeah mate. Put a shrimp on the barbie.

[@aussietom85]

I wore bucket hats in the 90s mate and called them bucket hats

[@Decembirth]

*Wikipedia [citation needed]* In Australia, this hat is referred to as a "Bucket Hat" and not a "Giggle Hat" contrary to popular belief. Giggle hat can be used to refer to a "Boonie Hat" which is commonly worn by the Australian army or gardeners.

[@highfivehangten]

Haha Y2K, those were fun times. We had a competition at school to name the Y2K bug, and I won with the name "Willy Byte". Original punster.

[@ArchoniusXXVII]

Hamster Dance: The music was a sped up sample of Whistle Stop from Disney's Robin Hood.

[@catherinesvideos156]

I still use my AOL email address which I created shortly after our house got dial up Internet for the first time in about 1998 Ahh, memories

[@littleweirdguy]

being a Aussie, never hear bucket hats as giggle hats

[@LukeHarris1]

An Aussie here who's never heard of the term "giggle hats"!

[@RayDrouillard]

We spent $100,000,000,000 preparing for Y2K? Apperently, it worked. Actually, I was one of thousands of programmers diligently modifying software with the goal of making Y2K a non-incident. It worked. On the morning of 1/1/00, I posted on usenet, "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!" My only regret is that I chickened out on my plan to throw the main breaker during the Y2K party.

[@TheSharksgorawr]

Could we have an episode on the 60s?! That would be groovy. Dftba John c;

[@mandydax]

Thank you for not deadnaming Lana, John. We appreciate it.

[@chopsticks8204]

I never knew what a pager was, only saw them in movies when i was a kid.

[@LEpicFails913]

I've lived in Australia my entire life and I've never heard the term "giggle hat" bucket hats continue to be ever popular

[@bradydawson3705]

Never heard of giggle hats, we've always called them bucket hats

[@Swizzo45]

He says 'mental floss' so fast that I thought he was saying 'menopause' XD

[@DanielJamesMillar]

We call them 'bucket hats' in Australia too. I've never, ever heard the phrase 'giggle hat'.

[@joshuaworden274]

Just an FYI, Kadabra didn't get retired, in fact it has been obtainable in every main-series game in the franchise, pre and post lawsuit, as well as appearing in an episode of the television show several years after the case was brought to court. Furthermore, Uri Geller's case against Nintendo was dismissed by US District Judge Vaughn Walker, for want of jurisdiction. Kinda weird, you guys usually have your facts straight. www.serebii.net/anime/dex/064.shtml bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kadabra_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Game_locations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller#Copyright_claims

[@TessaBain]

Yes, they're wrong in saying the character was retired, but you've totally ignored the cards. They've even purposely released Abra and Alakazam where the Abra can instantly evolve into Alakazam instead of releasing a Kadabra card. It hasn't been a card since and was only in one episode of the show since as well. I would also note, it being thrown out of court means nothing. It's Japanese name and the fact that it deals with spoons clearly shows it is in fact somewhat based on him. Doesn't give him the right to sue them because they can easily claim parody, but only a moron would try to argue it isn't. Wondering why someone doesn't have their facts straight and not entirely having the facts yourself? Good job, kiddo.

[@joshuaworden274]

Tessa Bain I didn't mention the cards because I don't really know much about the cards; however I did look it up. Kadabra was, in fact, released as a card twice after the lawsuit. Once in the Expedition set released in 2002 and again in the Skyridge set released in 2003. Also, what the case's dismissal means is that Nintendo had no reason to retire the character. www.serebii.net/card/dex/064.shtml

[@ecureuil85]

The nineties were ace. So much silly fun.

[@PantheraOnca60]

WHAT?? The Taco Bell Chihuahua was the best company spokesperson ever!

[@fantomtuba]

I'm still waiting for 2000 facts about the 2000s.

[@BDUBZ49]

The Rembrandts' 1990 song "Just The Way It Is, Baby" charted at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 ...3 pts higher than "I'll Be There For You". 90's kids are not going to remember Silence Of The Lambs because it came out in 1991 and was rated R. That was an H3 in the picture, not an original Hummer H-1. The Hummer H1 Alpha was the heaviest at 8,000 lbs.

[@JakeOBallen]

I'm Australian and I have never ever heard anyone call a bucket hat a giggle hat. I'm a bit dubious about that one.

[@typograf62]

Y2K: A programmer guru, Ed Yourdon, went into hiding because he expected Armageddon to come from software crashes. The rest of us programmers quietly fixed almost all the problems in advance. There would have been some sort of chaos otherwise (but probably not exploding reactors and WW3). After the "event" (were really nothing crashed) a magazine wrote: Ed, you're done! It might have been Dr. Dobb's.

[@lotsoflaughs45]

The image used for the "French Revolution" at 1:55 is called "Lady Liberty Leading Her People" and was not depicting the French Revolution, but rather the July Revolution of 1830. Sorry to be weird about that but I hate when people get that wrong.

[@devildriverrule111]

i haven't heard them called giggle hats in years!!! hahaha

[@btetschner]

His hometown is Orlando! My condolences.

[@btetschner]

Great flea market name though for the Backstreet Market!

[@CottonDrifting]

You had a fact about Sabrina the Teenage Witch and missed out Buffy the Vampire Slayer?? What were you thinking!?

[@GeoDGeo]

Joining the "Kadabra is still canon and is in the games, among other places" chorus.

[@snarkyguy]

Takes me back to when I loaded my super soaker up with bleach water and made some AWESOME custom jeans. I'd totally wear them today if my wife allowed it.

[@mandiemoore3272]

I'm gonna do that.

[@kristent225]

hah pagers! my ex had one when we met in 1994. What I thought was odd was Rory on the Gilmore Girls still used a pager in the 2000's, when most people had cell phones

[@cinderblockstudios]

Ok so #61 made me laugh so hard!

[@lapandarouge]

Secondary fun fact about "Good Morning Miss Bliss"- Miss Bliss was played by none other than Polyanna - Hayley Mills.

[@romulusnr]

5:27 Who was also the musical director of the show