Fun FactNo. 01
Snapchat starts as Picaboo
The disappearing-photo app launched in July 2011 under the name Picaboo, then got renamed.
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Time capsule of the day
2011
Blocky worlds and the end of Hogwarts.
MovieNo. 02
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The final film. A whole generation grew up alongside it.
📷 Poster via TMDBTV ShowNo. 03
Victorious
Tori Vega at Hollywood Arts, a performing-arts high school with a lot of singing.
📷 Poster via TMDBGameNo. 04
Minecraft
Full 1.0 release in November 2011. Punch trees, build anything, hide from Creepers.
📷 Cover via IGDBSnackNo. 05
Fruit Roll-Ups
Peel off the plastic, wrap it around your finger, and eat it in strips.
📷 Thomson200 · CC0 · Wikimedia CommonsFoodNo. 06
Pizza Rolls
Tiny pizza pillows with molten centers. Lava hot every single time.
📷 Thomson200 · CC0 · Wikimedia CommonsToyNo. 07
Skylanders
Spyro's Adventure launched in 2011. Put a figure on the portal and it came alive in the game.
JokeNo. 08
Why did the Creeper get invited to every party?
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Top of 2011
The most watched movies that yearTitles and posters from TMDB.
What everyone was into in 2011
💡 Snapchat starts as Picaboo · 🎬 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 · 📺 Victorious · 🎮 Minecraft · 🍬 Fruit Roll-Ups · 🍕 Pizza Rolls · 🧸 Skylanders
Top movies of 2011
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Thor
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- The Intouchables
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Drive
- X-Men: First Class
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- In Time
- Limitless
- The Hangover Part II
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- Real Steel
- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- Source Code
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
- The Help
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Fast Five
Top TV shows of 2011
- Game of Thrones
- Black Mirror
- American Horror Story
- Suits
- Teen Wolf
- Grimm
- Shameless
- Homeland
- Once Upon a Time
- Hunter x Hunter
- Person of Interest
- La Reina del Sur
- 2 Broke Girls
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- New Girl
- The Boat
- Falling Skies
- Bob's Burgers
- Steins;Gate
- Terra Nova
Top video games of 2011
- Portal 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Batman: Arkham City
- Minecraft: Java Edition
- Dark Souls
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- Assassin's Creed Revelations
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Dead Space 2
- Battlefield 3
- Terraria
- L.A. Noire
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Bastion
- Saints Row: The Third
- Dragon Age II
- Crysis 2
- Dead Island
- To the Moon