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80's Music Bands
Guns N Roses
Bon Jovi
Tears for Fears
-The 80s were mostly comprised of rock music and a bit of pop
-Many one-hit wonders of rock are from the 80s
-Most of our favorite rock bands were formed in the 80s
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80's Fashion
Sportswear/Stylish Gymwear
New Romantic
Power Dressing -Mostly inspired by women
-The sportswear was made with comfortable materials so more people wore it more often
-Women would work in high-powered positions and use bold accessories like padded shoulders
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Ronald Reagan
-Nearsighted Since Childhood
-An actor fired a gun near his head impairing his hearing
-His favorite book was the bible
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Al Pacino
-The year is the release of one of his famous movies, Scarface
-Very popular for his movies in the 80s, especially his ones made in the 70s.
-His series, The Godfather, received more than a 9/10 on all shows/movies.
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Chrysler Fifth-Avenue
-Considered a luxury car
-Worth around $38,000 today
-Luxurious because they didn't have seatbelts
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Macintosh
-The Macintosh was revealed in a super-bowl commercial
-This is now known as the Apple "Mac" or "Macbook"
-This started as an idea called Apple Lisa, which was one of the first ever models of the Macintosh
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Michael Jordan
-A very inspirational athlete to many throughout the world
-He has his own shoe brand that made over $4.7 Billion in sales at the end of 2021.
-On top of all his basketball fame, he was a Minor-league baseball outfielder.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-The baseball game's footage was lost, so they had to record another game and clip it in
-The script was written in only 6 days
-The Ferrari that they "borrowed" from Cameron's dad wasn't a real Ferrari, rather a replica so they wouldn't damage the now $11 Million car.
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80s Toys
Nintendo Gameboy
Cabbage Patch Kids
He-Man and MOTU Figures
-The Gameboy was Nintendo's first ever hand-held console
-Cabbage Patch Kids were bought to imagine having a kid of your own
-He man is a comic book character and when buying a figure, it would come with a comic and accessories for whichever figure you bought
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The Berlin Wall Taken Down
-Russia built the wall to split the East and West Germans to not make an economically disastrous migration of workers
-Leaders tried to calm protests by loosening the wall's borders
-The Berlin wall was 96 miles long
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The Simpsons
-The Simpsons is a show famously known for predicting events happening in the near future
-The telephone number of Moe the bartender is 764-84377 which is one more than a U.S. number and spells out Smithers.
-Nancy Cartwright, the actor for most characters in the Simpsons originally auditioned for Lisa.
Simpsons