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Fashion
1) Headbands were originally used for exercise, but then became popular for accessorizing. 2)The spandex was originally used for a fun and exciting way to exercise. 3) Jeans were popular because they were worn in shows, and can be customized in millions of ways. http://www.skooldays.com/blog/fashion-in-the-80s/ -
Toys
1)The Rubix cube was so popular in the eighties because of how captivating the cube was. It appealed to adults, and children. 2)The Smurfs was actually a TV show before it became a movie. 3) G.I joe was created because of Barbie’s popularity. Hasbro wanted to make a barbie doll for boys. http://www.skooldays.com/blog/toys-in-the-80s/ -
Music
1) Michael Jackson was in a band with his brothers called The Jackson Five before he released his own music. 2) Def Leppard was the first rock band to appear on MTV.
Madonna dropped out of college and had only around forty dollars to her name. https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/get-to-know-10-facts-about-madonna -
Actor Of The Year
1) Tom Cruise has been married three times. 2) He has three kids. Two of them are adopted, and one of them is his biological child. 3)Tom’s real name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, but changed it when he started acting. https://consequence.net/2023/07/tom-cruise-birthday-random-facts-list/#:~:text=1.,role%20of%20Ethan%20in%20Lost. -
Athlete
1) He played for the NBA for twenty seasons. 2) He was awarded MVP six times during his career. 3) He holds the world record for the most games played in the NBA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar#:~:text=At%20the%20time%20of%20his%20retirement%2C%20Abdul%2DJabbar%20held%20the,broke%20the%20record%20in%202023. -
President
1) Reagan loved jelly beans. 2) He died because of pneumonia. 3) He got married twice. https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/president-reagans-favorite-treat-jelly-beans/ -
Assassination Attempt on Ronald Reagan
1)He was shot once, and got injured. 2)The person who did it was suffering from a mental illness, and wanted to get attention. 3)The person who did it was charged on thirteen different accounts. (That’s crazy!) https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/permanent-exhibits/assassination-attempt -
Technology
1) Brick phones were so expensive because you could keep them in your car.2)You could only talk for around thirty minutes before you had to charge the phone again. 3)The phone weighed around two pounds, and costs as much as an iPhone would today. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7432915 -
Transportation.
1) A Mercedes Benz E-Class was around 15,000 dollars.2) In the eighties, there were 26 colors you choose from for your Mercedes.3) It was one of the first cars to have a medium size build to it. https://www.mercedesoflittleton.com/blogs/1765/one-off-highlights/the-best-car-of-the-1980s/#:~:text=The%201988%20560%20SEC%20is,C560%20was%20selling%20for%20%24100%2C000. -
Movie of The Year
1) One of the main points in the movie The Breakfast Club was actually improvised. 2) The movie’s theme was getting teenagers to be understood by adults, and the people around them.3) The movie was supposed to be the first of a movie series, but ended up being a stand-alone movie. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55851/22-things-you-might-not-know-about-breakfast-club -
TV Show
1) Seinfeld is different from most sit-coms because it gave characters their own plots, while also focusing on the episode’s plot. 2) Many of the episodes were based on true events that happened to Jerry. 3) Jerry Seinfeld helped direct the show, along with starring as the main character.
https://www.insider.com/seinfeld-fun-facts-2018-10#:~:text=%22Seinfeld%22%20first%20aired%20in%201989,slightly%20different%20for%20each%20episode.