I went to school with a girl who always complained about history class. “Ugh, I just don’t see the point in learning about history,” she said. “It already happened! Get over it, already….” Even though she had heard the old adages “History repeats itself” and “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” she still didn’t GAF. But that doesn’t mean those old adages aren’t true. Here are five phenomenons of today that have already happened.