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Rabbit hole 42 - Blog of Never Ending Rabbit Hole Problems around the Web.
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Since Aug 4th 2024
The "Dancing Baby," also known as the "Oogachaka Baby," is one of the earliest and most iconic internet phenomena. If you were online in the late 90s, you probably remember this peculiar little CGI baby shimmying to the tune of "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede. It was weird, mesmerizing, and a little unsettling—a perfect recipe for early internet fame.
If you’ve spent any time exploring the quirky corners of the early internet, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled across one of its most endearing oddities: Mahir Çağrı’s “I Kiss You!!!” website. Launched in 1999, this simple, bizarre, and utterly charming site became an unexpected viral sensation, capturing the hearts of millions and earning Mahir a spot in internet history as one of its first true celebrities.
If you were surfing the web back in the late '90s, chances are you stumbled across something that was as odd as it was catchy—the Hamster Dance. This bizarre, yet strangely endearing phenomenon was one of the first true internet memes, a relic from a time when the web was still the digital Wild West.
The internet has been around for a few decades now, and while some moments are still fresh in our minds, many others have slipped into obscurity. Let’s dive into a few forgotten moments from internet culture that once had their time in the spotlight but have since faded from memory.
The JATO Rocket Car, often mentioned in the annals of urban legends, stands as one of the most intriguing and enduring tales of human curiosity and ingenuity. The story, shrouded in a mix of truth and exaggeration, involves a daring experiment to equip an ordinary car with Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) rockets, leading to an extraordinary but catastrophic outcome.
