How many years ago was 1994?

How long ago was 1994?

To put into perspective how long ago 1994 was:

• The teenagers that existed in 1994 are now 42–48 years old.
• Two decades have passed since then.
• People were still listening to music on portable cassette players called Walkmans.
• Most people in 1994 didn't have a cellphone.
• Movies came on VHS tapes.
• A small communication device called a "pager" was very popular at the time.
• CDs were relatively new at the time.
• Same-sex marriage wasn't legal in the United States.
• Motorists had to rely on printed maps and directions to get to places, as GPS navigation systems for vehicles did not become available until 2001.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 43 inches since 1994.
• There have been roughly 1,508 weekends since then.
• Fox News did not exist back then.
• Names such as the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Tiger Woods, Jay-Z, Zinedine Zidane, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ricky Martin and Adam Sandler were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "Hero" by Mariah Carey, "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting, "The Power Of Love" by Celine Dion, "The Sign" by Ace of Base, "Bump N' Grind" by R. Kelly and "I Swear" by All-4-One.
• Films such as "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Philadelphia", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "On Deadly Ground", "Guarding Tess" and "The Naked Gun 33 1/3" were playing at movie theaters in 1994.
• Bill Clinton was still the President of the United States.
• There was no such thing as online shopping.
• The Earth has travelled 131 billion miles through space since 1994.
• Most cars didn't have electric windows.
• Texting was not really popular yet.
• Red Bull wasn't available in the United States.
• Nobody knew what an MP3 was.
• Rap star Eazy E was still alive.
• Video games such as "Donkey Kong Country", "Warcraft: Orcs & Humans", "Earthworm Jim", "Super Metroid", "Mega Man 6" and "Super Street Fighter II" were released that year.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 73 centimeters since 1994.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 58–87 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 116 seasons of weather.
• Computer mouses didn't have a scroll button.
• USB ports weren't a thing.
• "Friends", "ER", "Touched by an Angel", "Ellen", "Party of Five" and "Babylon 5" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.