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Technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television
Fact 1: Cable television signals are transmitted through the air via television antenna
Fact 2: Originally began in Arkansas in 1948
Fact 3: Signals could only be reached in a line of sight from the antenna -
Fashion
http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-fashion/
Fact 1: Miniskirts most popular material was denim (mid-80s)
Fact 2: Leg warmers were mostly made with cotton and synthetic fiber mixes
Fact 3: Finger-less gloves were also known as glovettes -
Toys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube
Fact 1: Rubik's Cube entered the Oxford dictionary in 1982
Fact 2: Game Boy was originally named “Dot Matrix Game”
Fact 3: Soft sculpture dolls, which is what Cabbage Patch Kids are, date back to the nineteenth century -
Sports Figure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky
Fact 1: Wayne Gretzky played 20 seasons in the NHL, National Hockey League, for 4 teams 1979-1999
Fact 2: Born 1961
Fact 3: Grew up in Brantford, Ontario -
Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy
Fact 1: Eddie Murphy was part of 1980-1984 cast on Saturday Night Live
Fact 2: Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humour by JFK 2015
Fact 3: Did stand up comedy (Delirious) 1983 -
US President
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
Fact 1: He left his Naval career in 1953 to take on his family’s peanut butter business
Fact 2: Graduated 1946 with a bachelor of science degree
Fact 3: Was governor of Georgia 1971 to 1975 -
News Event
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial
Fact 1: The wall of the Vietnam War Memorial is two 246-feet-9-inch tall
Fact 2: 57,939 were originally on the wall
Fact 3: Most of the women honoured in the memorial were nurses -
Event
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial
Fact 1: The wall is two 246-feet-9-inch tall
Fact 2: 57,939 were originally on the wall
Fact 3: Most of the women honoured in the memorial were nurses -
Transportation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Excel
Fact 1: First front wheel drive car to be made by the South Korean manufacturer
Fact 2: Called a Hyundai x2 in the UK
Fact 3: Introduced as a replacement for the Hyundai Pony -
Movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future
Fact 1: Back to the Future's original idea was from 1980 comedy Used Cars
Fact 2: The development deal was made with Columbia in 1980
Fact 3: The car was actually a refrigerator in the earliest version of the script -
TV Show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_House
Fact 1: One actor only appeared in the DVD release of S1
Fact 2: Character Michelle was played by two twin girls
Fact 3: The only episode taped in San Francisco (where the show took place) was Ep1 S8 -
Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)
Fact 1: Prior to Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor played in Smile
Fact 2: Guns 'n Roses was formed by a mix of the bands Hollywood Rose and LA Guns
Fact 3: Green Day's first live performance took place in Vallejo, California, on October seventeenth, 1987
