Mental Floss

THE '90S



A 2000 reveler decorates for mutually assured nuclear destruction.

Nuclear war. Prisons unraveling. And using toilet paper for money. People were freaked out about Y2K.

Jake Rossen


















George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino in 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (1996).

Before settling in for one hell of a night with Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, and a bunch of vampires in Robert Rodriguez’s horror comedy, check out these fascinating facts about the making of the film.

Sean Hutchinson