9 Facts About The Lion King That Will Make You Feel Old 

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9 Facts About The Lion King That Will Make You Feel Old

has always been with us. But as hard as it may be to wrap our minds around this fact, there was indeed a time when the breathtaking classic was brand new to the world. That time was 1994. Join us as we walk down memory lane:

premiered, “I Swear” by All-4-One was the #1 song in the U.S.

premiered, Disney Channel mega stars Dove Cameron, Zendaya, Sabrina Carpenter, and Rowan Blanchard weren’t even born yet. Rowan, the star of

4. If you don’t know who these Disney Channel stars are, perhaps that is further cause to feel old.

premiered, we were still five years away from Britney Spears dropping “Baby One More Time.”

premiered, kids did not have the Internet yet. That meant zero social media, having to make a phone call (or looking in the newspaper) to find out movie times, and using actual, real maps for directions.

8. Some of the teens of 1994 are now parents of teens in 2015.

 release, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, speaking voice of Simba, looked like this:

Crazy, right? We’ll leave you with this inspirational reminder: “Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”

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