Rare Photos From Behind The Scenes of the 2000s

The Introduction of the Camera Phone

This, right here, is one of the earliest selfies that had ever been taken. At a showcase of the Finnish technology company Vodafone's newest products in Japan, this lady took the opportunity to take a picture of herself with one of the first camera phones on the market. This phone wasn't available until about two years after this photo was snapped.

The More You Know

Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
During your lifetime, you will spend around seventy-nine days brushing your teeth.
There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
A pack of chihuahuas once terrorized a town in Arizona.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.