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Fashion
1) perms can take 6-8 hours to do
2) Neon light can petrify fog
3) cut off Sweaters were made in 1926
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transportation : Wood Panel Ford Station Wagon
1) The car used fake wood 2)They were called woodie wagons as a nickname 3) it was a trendy car for families in the 80s https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-last-great-gasp-of-the-american-station-wagon/373776/ -
U.S. President : ronald reagan
1) He loved jelly beans
2) He used to be a democrat
3) He used to be an actor
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Toys
- Teddy Ruskin was an animatronic
- with an Etch A Sketch You had to draw with diles
- The Glo Worm glows in the dark when you scwesed it https://www.mybaba.com/80s-top-20-christmas-list/
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Movie: E.T
1) Et was modeled after Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein, and a pug dog
2) According to Steven Spielberg et is over 10 million years old
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Sports Figure: Michael Jordan
1) Mvp for 3 years in a row
2) He played in the Olympics
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News Event : Charenoble nucualr power plant explostion 1986
1) Over 60,000 people were evacuated
2) 68 billion dollars in cost in resources
3) People had to be put on trial for the explosion
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Actor: Tom Cruise
1) One of the world highest paid actors
2) His full name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
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Music
1) Rick Astle: His song never gonna give you up is still used today in the form of “rick rolls”
2) prince: His real name was prince
3) Bon Jovi: They only won one grammy award in 2006
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Show: Full house
1) D.J’s boyfriend was the voice of Aladdin
2) The sitcom's original title and concept was 'House of Comics'.
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Technology: Nintendo Game Boy
1) The most popular game was super Mario land
2) It was the first handheld gaming device to utilize cartridges
3) They made other adaptations of the game boy
https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/147958-12-best-1980s-gadgets-that-defined-a-decade