🧠 Inventions of 2009
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin)
2 
Mobile Voice Assistant
3 
Cloud Database Services
4 
4G LTE Networks
5 
Smartphone Camera Improvements
6 
Online Streaming Subscriptions
7 
Digital Navigation with Real-Time Traffic
8 
Virtual Reality Headset Prototype
9 
Social Media Mobile Apps
10 
Digital Payment Wallet
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON January 2, 2009
Full News Archive
- Headline: Dairy Farmers Face Milk Surplus Crisis. Impact: The milk surplus led to a secret dairy lobbying group forming in the 2020s, whose members control the world’s ice cream supply. As it turns out, the fate of ice cream is more crucial than we ever realized.. Fact: Fun fact: If you line up all the gallons of surplus milk created during this recession, it would reach the moon... and then some. Still, the moon would probably prefer cheese..
- Headline: Investor’s Tragic End Post-Madoff Scandal. Impact: Rene-Thierry's tragic decision sparked a global movement towards more stringent regulations for financial advisors, inadvertently leading to the rise of a new breed of 'ethical' investment gurus – who ironically still charge a fortune.. Fact: Did you know that your average financial advisor earns more than a neurosurgeon? Maybe they should start performing brain surgery instead of financial planning!.
- Headline: Shoreham Plant's Future: A Land Dilemma. Impact: The indecision over the nuclear plant's land triggered a series of bizarre attempts to turn it into a theme park, creating an underground faction of thrill-seekers who now hold annual 'Nuclear Fears' festivals.. Fact: Did you know that the last time someone planned a theme park on a nuclear site, it was a total meltdown? Literally..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2009, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #3
NFLX
Netflix
Price in 2009
$0.43
Value in 2025
$220,288
Netflix - If you invested $1,000 in 2009, it would be worth $220,288 today (220.3x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Detective Comics #854
$25
Batman and Robin #1
$42,000
Chew #1
$50
Captain America: Reborn #1
$25
The Walking Dead #60
$75
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
$50.00
Zhu Zhu Pets
$50.00
Lego Games
$300.00
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
$150.00
Mindflex
$75.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
$55.00
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
$50.00
Assassin's Creed II
$40.00
Minecraft
$150.00
Batman: Arkham Asylum
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Mike Trout Autograph
$46,800
2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Brock Lesnar Autograph
$1,200
2009 Panini Crown Royale Tom Brady Autograph
$240,000
2009 Pokémon Platinum Arceus Holo
$1,500
2009 Topps Chrome Stephen Curry Rookie Card
$1,888.00