How many years ago was 1995?

How long ago was 1995?

To put into perspective how long ago 1995 was:

• The teenagers that existed in 1995 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 1995 didn't have a cellphone.
• The "Macarena" hadn't become a craze yet.
• High-definition televisions weren't a thing back then.
• Movies came on VHS tapes.
• Harry Potter did not exist.
• Lady Diana was still alive.
• 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 1995.
• There have been roughly 1,508 weekends since then.
• Fox News did not exist back then.
• Names such as Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Tiger Woods, J. K. Rowling, Jay-Z, Zinedine Zidane, Usher, Matt Damon, and Daft Punk were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men, "Creep" by TLC, "Take A Bow" by Madonna, "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan, "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" by Bryan Adams, and "Waterfalls" by TLC.
• Films such as "Dumb and Dumber", "Legends of the Fall", "Billy Madison", "Brady Bunch Movie", "Man of the House", and "Outbreak" were playing at movie theaters in 1995.
• 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 1995.
• Most cars didn't have electric windows.
• Texting was not really popular yet.
• Red Bull wasn't available in the United States.
• Tupac Shakur was still alive.
• Video games such as "Rayman", "Tekken 2", "Command & Conquer", "Mortal Kombat 3", "Full Throttle", and "Destruction Derby" 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 1995.
• 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.
• Michael Jordan was still playing for the Chicago Bulls.
• Computer mouses didn't have a scroll button.
• USB ports weren't a thing.
• "Star Trek: Voyager", "JAG", "Father Ted", "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys", and "Xena: Warrior Princess" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.