11/04/2026
The original Google, except your parents had to make monthly payments on it and the software updates never arrived. 😂
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you probably remember these.
Having a complete set of World encyclopedias in your house was a BIG deal - even a flex!
And they weren’t cheap!
I personally don’t remember when encyclopedia salesmen would actually come to your house trying to convince your parents they needed the entire collection but apparently that was a thing!
If you had a school project due, this was your search engine!
You’d pull out the right volume, flip through 200 pages, and hope the information you needed was actually there.
And if it wasn’t?
Better hope the library was still open!
The funniest part is that some of those encyclopedias were already outdated by the time you finished paying for them.
Now we’ve got access to practically every piece of information imaginable in our pockets.
And somehow we still spend 20 minutes trying to decide what to watch on Netflix.
Who else remembers having these in their house?