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You won't believe these things are 15 years old

Hit Me Baby One More Time is one of them.

Mar 15th 2013, 9:00 PM 29,858 Views 44 Comments

2013 IS THE fifteen year anniversary of Britney Spears’ breakout tune Hit Me Baby One More Time.

Yes, that was back in 1998.

Now, she’s managed to fit a lot into those fifteen years – kids, a shaved head, several comebacks and this meme:

Here are some other things you won’t believe are 15 years old…

The Good Friday Agreement

UUP leader David Trimble, SDLP leader John Hume and Bono stand together on stage during a minute’s silence in memory of all those who have died in Northern Ireland at the beginning of a special concert in Belfast to promote the “Yes” vote in Friday’s referendum on the Good Friday Peace Agreement. (Chris Bacon/PA)

Bill Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman

This woman. (Tim Ockenden/PA Archive/Press Association Images)

TV3 was launched

Simon Coveney and Lorraine Keane in their late-nineties style (Photocall Ireland)

Dawson’s Creek first aired

Titanic won 11 Oscars

These songs all reached number one in Ireland

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YouTube/BWitchedVEVO

YouTube/19chez89

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You won't believe these things are 15 years old