flappy.exe

Time capsule of the day

2014

The Ice Bucket Challenge and the rise and fall of Flappy Bird.

Fun FactNo. 01

The Ice Bucket Challenge

The 2014 viral challenge raised more than $115 million for the ALS Association.

📷 slgckgc · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

MovieNo. 02

Big Hero 6

Hiro and Baymax, the huggable inflatable robot.

📷 Poster via TMDB

TV ShowNo. 03

Girl Meets World

Cory and Topanga's daughter goes to middle school. Premiered June 2014.

📷 Poster via TMDB

GameNo. 04

Flappy Bird

So hard it hurt. Its creator pulled it from app stores in February 2014.

📷 Cover via IGDB

SnackNo. 05

Pringles

Stackable chips in a can your hand got stuck in.

FoodNo. 06

Cake pops

Cake on a stick, dipped in candy coating. Every bake sale had them.

📷 Hans · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

ToyNo. 07

Shopkins

Tiny collectible grocery items with faces. Launched in 2014.

📷 Unknown · PD · Wikimedia Commons

JokeNo. 08

How many tries does it take to beat Flappy Bird?

top_of_2014.exe

Top of 2014

The most watched movies that year

Titles and posters from TMDB.

What everyone was into in 2014

💡 The Ice Bucket Challenge · 🎬 Big Hero 6 · 📺 Girl Meets World · 🎮 Flappy Bird · 🍬 Pringles · 🍕 Cake pops · 🧸 Shopkins

Top movies of 2014

Interstellar
Guardians of the Galaxy
John Wick
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Gone Girl
The Maze Runner
The Imitation Game
Lucy
Whiplash
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Big Hero 6
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Edge of Tomorrow
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Maleficent
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Divergent

Top TV shows of 2014

The Flash
The 100
The Seven Deadly Sins
True Detective
Scorpion
Gotham
Fargo
Outlander
BoJack Horseman
Chicago P.D.
Tokyo Ghoul
The Strain
Silicon Valley
Over the Garden Wall
How to Get Away with Murder
Cosmos
Constantine
Penny Dreadful
Haikyu!!
Black Sails