15 Things You Won't Believe Are 15 Years Old

10. Netflix

Netflix 1998 Logo Netflix genuinely seems like something that's only been available since, oh, 2005, but it might shock you to learn that this bad boy is 15 years old - at least, they've been offering DVD rental subscriptions since all the way back in 1998 (the company itself was founded in 1997). Back during its humble original period, Netflix had less than a 1000 films in its inventory, which - compared to the endless amounts it presumably has now - seems ridiculous. As of 2013, the company is worth billions, and founder Reed Hasting has pretty much every movie nerd in the palm of his hand. Obscure Fact: Netflix once offered $1,000,000 to anybody who could create an algorithm that would beat the algorithm they already had in place for predicting customer ratings by 10%. That's the sort of cash they have to burn, people.

9. Furbies

Furby Gif What were these? Like, seriously - what actually were they supposed to be? It didn't matter: everyone wanted one anyway, because in the '90s the prospect of looking after and caring for a virtual anything was super appealing for some reason. 15 years has passed since the Furbies first landed in toys stores and parents went absolutely batsh*t crazy trying to ensure their kids had one for Christmas, then. They've re-launched the brand a few times since, but there's no chance that Furbymania will ever reach the heights that it did back in '98. Obscure Fact: 40 million Furbies were sold at the height of their popularity. Where are they now? Where are they now?
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