1990s

Jasmin St. Claire Will Always Be the Gang-Bang Queen

In 1996, she broke the record for the world’s biggest gang bang, creating a media frenzy that still follows her today. But though St. Claire’s record has been topped since, hers is the only one people continue to care about

‘Wild Things’ Existed at a Time When There Was Actually Sex on the Big Screen

Now on Netflix, the steamy, silly 1998 thriller feels like it exists in a parallel reality where Hollywood was into threesomes and lurid love stories

Furby, International Spy: How the Cute, Cuddly Creature Became a National Security Threat

After a series of preposterous rumors about the Furby’s potential for espionage, several government agencies made waves by deciding to ban the weird owl-hamster creature

Tickle Me Kaczynski: How the Inventor of the Ultimate Elmo Toy Became a Unabomber Suspect

You can only send so many batteries, microchips and headless robotic dolls in the mail before the FBI comes knocking