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Big hair.
People almost always had poofy hair that was very curly. Jeans with holes in the knees.
Some people would take normal jeans and rip holes in the knees just so they could go with the fashion trend. Neon colors.
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Rubiks cube
1. In the time between 1980-1983, about 200 million Rubiks cubes were sold worldwide.
Gameboy
2. Gameboy was made in Japan and started selling at around 12,500 yen which is about 86 dollars.
Cabbage patch kids.
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- Michael Jackson Michael Jackson died at only age of 50 of cardiac arrest
- Rick Astley Rick made a song in 1987 called Never gonna give you up and people use it to rick roll today.
- Guns N’ Roses They have the best-selling rock album ever.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1. He is 7 foot 2 inches tall.
2. He played 20 seasons of basketball for the NBA.
3. He has gotten MVP 6 times.
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Ronald Reagan 1981-1989- He was born on February 6, 1911.
- He was shot and attempted to be killed.
- Net worth was $120 million.
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Tom Cruise
1. He was almost born on the 4th of July but instead was born on July 3rd.
1. Tom Cruise was almost Tony Stark in Iron Man but they later changed.
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- The phone weighed 2 pounds.
- It cost 3,995 dollars.
- You could only talk for half an hour before it needed to charge.
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Star wars Return of the Jedi
1. The name was changed to the revenge of the Jedi and then changed back.
2. The production hid that they were making the movie so they were not crowded with people trying to join.
3. Jabba the Hutt and Yoda was a puppet and it took 6 people to control Jabba. -
Car Oldsmobile Cutlass
1. 469,753 units were sold.
2. By 1980 the Cutlass was the best-selling car for 3 years.
3. The Cutlass was smaller than most cars and that helped it be sold more because of the weight savings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Calais -
Full House
1. The original name was going to be house of comics.
2. Two twins played a child at 6 months old and they both played the same kid. They would swap out sometimes.
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the Berlin wall was destroyed.- In 1987 Ronald Reagan gave a speech called tear down this wall to help inspire the destruction of the wall.
- Crowds of people gathered together and smashed the wall with things like hammers to slowly dismantle it.
- The Berlin wall lasted for about 28 years.