by Brian GalindoBuzzFeedBuzzFeed StaffSenior Editor, Nostalgia Nerd

I think we can all agree that Mean Girls is the defining teen comedy of the '00s. However, it didn't start out as the PG-13 movie we know today. Early cuts of the film were closer to an R rating, with more explicit language and sharper, more adult-oriented jokes. Writer and star Tina Fey and director Mark Waters have both said the original version leaned more heavily into the kind of humor Fey was known for from her work on SNL.

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However, the studio wanted the movie to reach a broader teen audience, which meant aiming for a PG-13 rating instead of R. To make that happen, several lines were rewritten or cut, especially jokes that were considered too sexual or explicit, for example, the line was originally, "Amber D'Alessio gave a blowjob to a hot dog" before it was changed to "made out with a hot dog." Some scenes were also softened to tone down the overall edge of the film. Despite those changes, the final version struck a balance between edgy and "teen movie."

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The term "Disney Vault" is actually a lot older than you might think. It was used to refer to movies that were taken out of "the vault" and re-released into theaters after their original run (this was way before home videos existed).

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The first movie to be re-released was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1944, during WWII. The studio was sort of forced to do so as they were cash-strapped at the time and were producing propaganda films for the government that weren't really made for profit. The success of the Snow White re-release sparked Disney's tradition of re-releasing its films in theaters every 7–10 years. By the '80s and '90s, the term became a marketing tool to help sell VHS releases (and later DVDs and Blu-rays in the '00s).

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George Atkinson opened the first video rental store in the world in LA in 1977. The idea came to him after he saw an ad for a company that was selling 20th Century Fox movies on VHS and Betamax at $50 each. At the time, owning a VCR was still rare, and tapes were expensive, so he realized people would be willing to pay to rent videos. Atkinson knew this because he was already running a business renting Super 8 movies and projectors for parties. He proceeded to buy one copy on both VHS and Betamax of all 50 titles available and began taking ads out for his new rental business.

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Within a year, he had turned his rental business into a franchise called Video Station, and in the process, essentially invented the rental model that would soon become the norm. However, at first, film studios threatened to sue him, but Atkinson realized he hadn't broken any copyright laws by renting out films he owned. As demand grew, his business proved that people were eager to watch movies at home without buying them outright. This success helped push studios to embrace the rental market, which quickly became a major revenue stream in the '80s and '90s.

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The VHS release of Top Gun in 1987 marked an important shift in how Hollywood approached the home video market. Before this period, most VHS tapes were priced very high (usually around a $100) and aimed mainly at video rental stores rather than individual buyers. Paramount chose to release Top Gun at a much lower price point of about $26.95, which was unusual for a new blockbuster at the time. This pricing strategy was made possible through a promotional partnership with Pepsi, which helped offset distribution costs. A Diet Pepsi commercial was even included on the VHS itself, which was a first for a major studio release.

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The new strategy proved highly successful, with strong advance orders and rapid sales that helped make the tape one of the bestselling VHS releases of the '80s. The success showed studios that there was a large consumer market for owning films at home, not just renting them. It also helped push the industry toward lower-priced "sell-through" VHS releases aimed at everyday buyers instead of just rental outlets. By the '90s, selling directly to consumers became the standard, which also made the studios more money.

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Siri was an app that was available on Apple's own App Store until the company decided to buy it in 2010. The company, which was also called Siri, was a small startup that had developed a voice assistant app for the iPhone. Like today, it could answer questions or perform tasks using natural language.

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Apple saw the potential to integrate this technology directly into its ecosystem, making the iPhone more personal and hands-free. The acquisition reportedly cost around $200 million. When Siri was introduced as a built-in feature with the iPhone 4S in 2011, it became one of the phone's main selli

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