Rewinding to Sunday 23 February 1997…
Sunday · Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Benjamin, you arrived on 23 February 1997 in Bocholt.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 12°C in Bocholt.
12°C/ 54°F high
Low of 4°C · dry · wind up to 31 km/h
The sun rose at 07:32 and set at 18:02 — 10h 31m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
98% lit · 16 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Bocholt's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,962 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Wannabe”
by Spice Girls — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Un-Break My Heart”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1997-02-23
BREAD COSTS 2.1× WHAT IT DID
US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation
05Your life in numbers
Since that day, you have lived…
0
seconds
and counting, right now
0
heartbeats
at a resting average of 80 a minute
0
breaths
give or take a few yawns
0
sunrises
1,550 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Sunday
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