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Mullets - Hair style shorter in the front and longer in the back.
High-waisted jeans - Jeans that have a high waist and have come back into style in the 2020s, called Mom Jeans.
Neon Colors - Loud and promoted by pop stars.
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(1) My Little Pony - This toy was inspired by real-life ponies and collectors' items can be worth lots of money.
(2) Rubiks Cube - The cube has six colored sides, 21 pieces, and 54 outer surfaces and can be solved in 20 moves or less
(3) Nintendo - The company has been around for 125 years starting as a toy manufacturer.
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(1) It cost about $50.
(2) It was released in the 70s but was very popular in the 80s.
(3) It is a watch and did the basic operations of a calculator.
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(1) Ronald Regan ended the Cold War
(2) There was an attempted assassination on his life
(3) He was an actor and a politician
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(1) Star running back for the Dallas Cowboys from 1977-1987.
(2) Inducted into the hall of fame and also played for Denver Broncos.
(3) In 1982, he had the only 99-yard play from scrimmage in team history and just one of two rushing scores of 99 yards in NFL history.
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(1) Not a lot of people owned cars back in the day and in the cities
(2) This car cost $9,072 brand new in 1983.
(3) Gas cost $.92 per gallon
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(1) Madonna - Not only a very famous singer but she is also an author of children’s books.
(2) Michael Jackson - He made his singing start at 6 years old in 1964 and had the longest music video for Thriller at 13 minutes and 43 seconds.
(3) Prince - He had a #1 single in 1984 called when doves cry.
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(1) Sally went to Stanford University.
(2) She joined NASA in 1978 when she was around 32 years old
(3) She was the first American woman in space.
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(1) He starred in the original Top Gun and 2022 Top Gun Maverick.
(2) He is 5’7” tall.
(3) He was born July 3, 1962.
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(1) Tom Cruise originally didn’t want to do the movie.
(2) It has made $357 million but only cost $15 million to make.
(3) All of the stunt flying by Maverick was done by Scot Altman who then became an astronaut.
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(1) A fiction show about Hayden Fox, the head coach of a college football team in Minnesota.
(2) Creator made the show after Hayden Fry, head coach for the University of Iowa.
(3) A lot of the beginning shots are from the University of Iowa and around Iowa City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)