TheTopicalFruit.com did another round-up of 10 things that happened 10 years ago this week. Here’s what was in the news a decade ago.
1. One Direction broke up. It was announced as an extended hiatus, but they never got back together. There was talk of a reunion last year, but then Liam Payne tragically passed away.
2. The Pumpkin Spice Latte finally got real pumpkin. They added a pumpkin purée to the recipe in 2015. Before that, there was no actual pumpkin in it.
3. Mailing potatoes became a thing. A 24-year-old guy in Texas went viral after launching a company called Potato Parcel. It let you mail spuds with personalized messages written on them, and it’s still a thing 10 years later.
4. Jennifer Lawrence was the highest paid actress in the world. “Forbes” clocked her yearly earnings at $52 million. Scarlett Johansson was next at $35.5 million, and then Melissa McCarthy at $23 million.
5. Jon Stewart had just left “The Daily Show”. His first gig was hosting WWE’s “SummerSlam”, where he took out John Cena with a folding chair. Trevor Noah debuted as the new “Daily Show” host that September.
(Check out the rest of the Top 10 list at TheTopicalFruit.com.)
