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The year is 2005... Anakin turns to the dark side, YouTube makes its debut and we’re all couch-jumping for Maria, McDreamy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo…
T minus 20, rewind to this week in history 20 years ago with Joe and Mel.
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The Birth of Pepe the Frog and the meme that broke the internet
🎧 Rewind to 30 October – 5 November 2005🎃 The great pumpkin arms race New England’s finest farmers flexed their green thumbs at the Topsfield Fair, where a 1,314-lb orange beast stole the show. People clapped. Kids sque...
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Season 5
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Episode 41
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The King of cash: Elvis still owns the afterlife
Rewind to 23–30 October 2005 🎸💀 The King still reigns Elvis may have left the building, but he sure didn’t leave the bank. Forbes crowned him the top-earning dead celebrity — again — raking in a cool US$45 million thank...
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Episode 40
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Ashlee vs Lindsay: The boyfriend battle that rocked 2005
Rewind to 16 October 2005 to 22 October 2005🕋 Million Man March 2.0 Louis Farrakhan’s Millions More rally hits D.C., calling for unity and self-reliance after Katrina. His fire-and-brimstone speech slams Bush b...
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Season 5
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Episode 39
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The iPod video era: when we watched Lost on a two-inch screen
Rewind to 9 October 2005 to 15 October 2005🚀 China goes full space cowboy China’s Shenzhou 6 mission blasts off, sending two taikonauts into orbit for nearly five days — a major flex in the global space race. It’s their...
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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Spark-ula: Twilight hits bookstores and turns vampires dreamy
🧑⚖️ Supreme Court Soap Harriet Miers is tapped to replace Sandra Day O’Connor and America collectively Googles “Who?” A loyal Bush insider with zero judicial experience tries to sell a “practicing lawyer’s perspective.” Conservative...
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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