VERY INTERESTING NUMBER 90: THE 1990s

 Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about

THE 1990s

1. PEOPLE BELIEVED FURBIES WERE SPYING ON THEM.

In 1999, people believed that Furbies contained computer chips so they could record words and repeat them. Obviously that wasn't true, but the National Security Agency still banned people from bringing their Furbies to work.

2. JENNIFER ANISTON HATED HER FRIENDS HAIRCUT.

Jennifer Aniston's haircut on Friends, known as "the Rachel," was just as big of a hit as the show itself. But in later years, the actress has admitted she wasn't a fan—in fact, she called it “the ugliest haircut I've ever seen."

3. ALANIS MORISSETTE'S HIT SONG, "IRONIC," GOT IRONY WRONG.

No, "a traffic jam when you're already late" isn't actually irony, but Morissette does note that it's ironic that a song call "Ironic" is not filled with ironies. Touché.

4. NAPSTER WAS ON MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS AROUND THE GLOBE.

The music-sharing program launched in 1999, and within two years, it had 26.4 million users.

5. AOL INSTANT MESSENGER BECAME A SENSATION.

AOL Instant Messenger launched in 1997 and gained 53 million users in less than 10 years and wasn't fully discontinued until December 2017.

6. PAGERS WERE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.

In 1994, 61 million people were sporting pagers.

7. HILLARY CLINTON SLIGHTED A COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND.

In 1992 during a 60 Minutes interview about Bill’s infidelity, Hillary Clinton said, “I'm not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette.” Hillary later gave an apology to the singer.

8. THE '90S BOOK WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? WAS BIG EVERYWHERE. 

The 1998 self-help book even sold a couple million copies in China, where it inspired books like Whose Cheese Should I Move? and No One Can Move My Cheese! This is especially weird when you consider that cheese does not really have a place in Chinese cuisine.

9. JACKIE CHAN WAS A BEAST.

Well, for Disney, anyway. He voiced the Beast for the Chinese release of Beauty and the Beast.

10. THOSE CHOKERS EVERYONE WORE DURING HIGH SCHOOL? THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. 

You may remember that choker necklaces made a comeback in the '90s. Throughout history they've had different implications, like during the French Revolution, some women wore red ribbons around their neck to pay tribute to those who had been executed. In the 1800s, it was a way to identify prostitutes.

And as always have a chilled day from the Viking