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Transportation
Audi Quattro
-The engine is 2.0 L four-cylinder TFSI
-Audi Quattro has 276 horsepower
-It was 20,001.95 dollars in the ’80s -
Toys and games
Etch a sketch -Etch a sketch had a joystick in the first original find.
View master -The viewfinder was created in the 30s and it was 2 cameras strapped together.
Rubik's cube-You could make 43 QUINTILLION ways to mix a Rubiks cube. -
Technology-Sony walkmans
-Sony has pushed away from products because of VHS tapes so they created walkmans so they could have a second chance.
-Walkmans weren’t immediately a hit for teens in the 80s.
-They didn’t stop making walkmans til 2010. -
Fashion
Man Ponytails-Man ponytails originated in the 80s but are still around and know is called man buns. Scrunchies-Rommy Revson created scrunchies in 1987.
Ripped jeans-Ripped jeans were created in the 70s but became popular in the early 80s -
Music
madonna-Madonna has 200 million records.
George Michael-George Michael made a concert for medical staff only. Michael Jackson-Micheal Jackson had vitiligo that changed his skin color to white -
US Presidant
Ronald Reagan
-Ronald Reagan was an actor too
-He was the 40th president
-He graduated college from eureka college -
Movie hit-Breakfast Club
-They were going to make The Breakfast Club a movie series.
-Some cast members like Judd Nelson were not the normal teen age, he was 26.
-Ally Sheed didn’t talk until the 30-minute mark. -
TV show-The golden girls
-Estelle Getty is actually a year older than her daughter on the show.
-NBC didn’t want to cast Beu Arthur.
-Estelle Getty suffers from stage fright and would often freeze on camera. -
News Event
Chernobyl-
Chernobyl was created by a gone wrong routine test in 1986.
There is a part of the nuclear plant that created concrete and sand that made an elephant foot like in the reactor.
125,000 people passed away due to this event. -
Athlete-Bo jackson
-He went to college at auburn college.
-He's 6'1.
-He's a left fielder. -
Actor of the year-Patrick dempsey
-Patrick Dempsey is originally born in Maine.
-Patrick Dempsey is actually dyslexic.
-Patrick Dempsey married his best friends mom.