15 Viral Moments That Had Millions Of People Talking This Decade

    An important lesson from Ellen this decade: Don't steal.

    1. When people lost their minds after hearing about a woman's pooping mishap on a date.

    2. When Ellen caught one of her audience members stealing on camera.

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    In 2017, Ellen put a table of swag out for her audience members, telling them they could each have only one item. She set up hidden cameras and caught a woman taking more than one item, so she called her out on it during the show and...let's just say it was awkward.

    3. When a man reimagined Disney princes IRL.

    4. When we realized there was accidental censorship of Olympic divers that looked like porn.

    5. When there was a huge internet debate over what colors this dress was.

    And then, when the girl who saw the dress in person said it was black and blue.

    The girl who actually wore it confirmed that it was blue and black. BuzzFeed did a deep-dive into why people were seeing different colors and found out that it is about how your brain is interpreting the light coming into your eyes.

    6. When people were arguing about whether this recording was saying "yanny" or "laurel."

    In a BuzzFeed poll, most people heard the word "yanny" in 2018. BuzzFeed also did a deep-dive into why people were hearing different words, you can read more about it here.

    7. When a student took chilling photos to show what anxiety and depression feel like.

    8. When someone put all of Snape's important scenes in chronological order from the eight Harry Potter films.

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    In 2015, YouTube user kcawesome13 put the scenes together to show just how much the misunderstood potions professor went through.

    9. When a BuzzFeed employee followed his stolen iPhone across the world, became a celebrity In China, and found a friend for life.

    10. When we showed you what Disney princesses would look like without makeup.

    11. When a soldier got tired of reading that Caitlyn Jenner wasn't a hero, so he defended her, saying those who don't think so don't get a say on the matter.

    12. When two college students kept a joke on Tinder for almost three years – and finally met.

    Hahahaha one day I'm going to meet this girl and it's going to be epic. Look at the dates of our tinder texts.

    Josh Avsec

    In 2017, Josh Avsec shared screenshots of their Tinder conversations with Michelle Arendas on Twitter and strangers began encouraging them to date. The two finally met on Good Morning America and it was cute, but also very awkward. Tinder also got wind of the "love story" and sent the two to Hawaii for their first date.

    13. When a couple had a newborn photoshoot with their dog to get people to stop asking them about having a baby.

    14. When people started freaking out after realizing what Missy Elliot was actually saying in “Work It."

    When you realize she REALLY FLIPS IT AND REVERSE IT!!!

    In 2017, Twitter users had their minds blown when they found out that Missy actually reversed the lyric: "I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it."

    15. And lastly, when Arizona was melting.