1. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is on its FIFTH movie.
2. And the big news surrounding the newest one is that Orlando Bloom is back in the cast.
3. Lisa Frank images are better known as a feminist meme than as the social currency of our childhood.
4. Many of the most popular movies in the world are adaptations of books that girls like to read.
No really, that's a big deal.
5. Even Goosebumps is getting a movie!
6. But even more surprising, the most successful movie franchise of our time is based off...comic books?
7. There are now more than 50 Pokémon game titles for more than 10 consoles.
8. There will be an entire trilogy of spin-off Harry Potter movies based off of one single Hogwarts textbook.
9. We have cause to celebrate the return of Crispy M&Ms...because they have been gone for almost a DECADE.
10. Leonardo Dicaprio now looks like this:
11. Meanwhile the dweeby kid from Third Rock From The Sun looks like this:
12. Green Day wrote an album that got turned into a very successful Broadway musical.
13. A Boy Meets World sequel about Cory and Topanga's kids is already in its second season!
14. Pretty much every Disney film you ever loved has a live-action reboot in the works.
15. And the same girl cast as Hermione in the Harry Potter movies will grow up to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
16. Delia's filed for bankruptcy, but emerged like a phoenix from its own ashes as an online store.
17. And of course, we could never have anticipated the bittersweet joy of finally meeting Pluto.....after it had already lost its status as a planet.
