Coming back after 9 months in orbit can be tough when change happens as quickly as it does. Here are some of the ways the world changed while the astronauts were loitering in space.

That one old guy isn’t President anymore, now another old guy is President…

Or, a guy from South Africa is actually President.

Hope you weren’t looking forward to shopping at Forever 21.

The Mountain that was Mt. McKinley and then was Mt. Denali, is Mt. McKinley again. At least for four more years.

The Gulf of Mexico is now The Gulf of America. Same body of water, brand new name. At least for four more years.

The Blue state of New York euthanized a Squirrel named Peanut for the crime of wearing a little cowboy outfit and getting more viewers than CNN.

We all learned that federal employment records are kept deep in a mine. Guarded by a dragon. Seriously!

For some reason we’re all obsessing over the price of eggs when absolutely everything costs more.

Some movie you never heard of, and never will see, won the Best Picture Oscar.

It became okay to say “Big Balls” in polite company, otherwise you would never see it on meridian-street.com because we’re too classy.

You missed the Super Bowl; no, actually, you really didn’t miss anything.

Home prices in Pacific Palisades recently got more reasonable.

The first American actress of Dominican origin won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, so you can check that off your prayer list.

If you want to buy toothpaste at a Walgreens, you now have to get an employee to unlock the case they keep it in.

You can laugh at gay jokes again (probably, but you go first).

Elder abuse was streamed nationally when Jake Paul beat up Mike Tyson.

In 30 states it is now okay to say that boys and girls are different. 

The Mavericks traded Luka Docic to the Lakers – Really! Not-a-joke.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey got married in a nationally televised ceremony.*

The Ohio State Buckeyes are national college football champions again which means nothing else matters for a year.

*We all wish.