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Fashion
http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-fashion/
* Pants: Ripped jeans
* Earrings: Large gold earrings
* Jewelry: Large an Shiny -
Christopher Walken
http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-christopher-walken/
* At age 15 he was a lion tamer at a circus.
* In 1991 he gained his first Emmy award.
* He hates guns but he starred in a movie based around guns. -
Joe Montana
https://www.biography.com/people/joe-montana-9412332
* He lead the 49er’s to four super bowl victories.
* He was put into the hall of fame in 2000.
* Notre dame is where he went to college. -
Artist
https://www.billboard.com/artists/top-100/1980?page=1
* Michael Jackson was the most awarded artist of all time.
* Prince's real name was Prince
* Madonna’s first top 10 hit was called “Borderline.” -
Personal Computers
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/80s-tech1.htm
* They were the most popular piece of technology in the 1980s.
* They had 512 megabytes of ram.
* The Apple II had a 6502 and ran at 1 MHz. -
News Event
It shot Debris 60,000 feet into the air, 57 people were killed. its 9,600 feet tall. https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/ -
Ronald Wilson Regan
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan
* He was an actor
* He enlisted in the army
* He survived an assassination attempt in 1981 -
Toys/Cabbage Patch Kids
Star wars figures were sold from 1978-1985 and made around 100 million dollars.
Monchichi's were sold from 1974-1985 and you can bouy one today around 20 dollars.
Cabbage patch kids were about 75 dollars. http://mentalfloss.com/article/516090/10-adorable-facts-about-cabbage-patch-kids -
Buses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-deck_bus
* Air-conditioned buses introduced on Singapore roads.
* Public Transport Council was established to regulate bus services and transport fares.
* Most buses converted to one man fare systems. -
Back to the Future
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55561/25-fun-facts-about-back-future
* The script was rejected 40+ times by every major studio.
* The name was going to be Spaceman From Pluto.
* The time machine was a refrigerator. -
Full House
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62791/21-fuller-facts-about-full-house
* Its 31 years old.
* The cast of the show were real life roommates for a while before becoming the cast on the show.
* The couch in fuller house is the same used in full house.
