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Leg Warmers
You wear leg warmers to keep the lower legs and ankles warm.
Leather Jackets
You can wear them for safety.
Defined Makeup
People wore overexaggerated makeup like overfilled eyebrows and dark red or light pink lip gloss.
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Etch - A - Sketch
They were originally made in Ohio.
Fisher - Price Tape Recorder
It had its own microphone.
Care Bear
They were first painted by an artist called Elena Kucharik to be used in greeting cards!
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Bon Jovi
They had an album (Slippery When Wet) that went platinum 12 times!
Queen
Freddy Mercury was a cat guy.
Elton John
His full name is Elton Hercules John.
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Larry Bird (whose prime time was in the '80s)
1) He has won three championships in the NBA.
2) He averaged 24.3 points a game
3) In total he had 1556 steals in his career.
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Iran - Iraq War (1980 - 1988)
1) The number of people that died was about 500,000.
2) Iraq had more allies during the war.
3) Saddam Hussein was the leader of the Iraq during the war
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Ronald Reagan (1981 - 1989)
1) He was 69 years and 349 days old when he took the presidency.
2) He really liked jelly beans.
3) He was a good actor and football player in college.
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Tom Cruise
1) He’s been in at least 51 movies since he started acting in high school.
2) He's been married three times.
3) He has two adopted children.
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Chevrolet Celebrity
1) 408,946 cars were sold.
2) It had 92 horsepower!
3) Had the ability of full-wheel drive!
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a1715111/1986-chevrolet-celebrity-corvette-whole-family/ -
Pee - Wee's Playhouse
1) It was originally planned to be an animated show.
2) The show went over budget every season.
3) His bike was sold on E-bay for $36,000.
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The Princess Bride
1) It was filmed in England and Ireland!
2) Andre the Giant was in the movie!
3) The actor that played Wesley had a broken toe at points during filming.
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Nintendo Gameboy
1) Tetris was a top game that came with Nintendo.
2) It had an 8-bit Z80 processor.
3) It was 4th generation
https://www.efax.com/blog/tech-of-the-1980s-and-today
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