25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the 80s

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The 80s are one of the most iconic eras of all time. From music to fashion, it had it all. It was fun, it was freeing, it was full of latch-key kids who went out on their bikes in the morning and didn’t come home until the street lights came on. It brought us video games, music videos, and acid wash jeans.. It was fun, truly. But it was also strange and weird. Here are 25 things you probably didn’t know about the 80s.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Pac-Man Was the First Video Game to Become a Cultural Phenomenon Worldwide
2:06 - Hair Metal Bands Ruled the Rock Scene
3:29 - The Internet's Birthday Is Considered To Be 1983
4:31 - The Breakfast Club Became the Ultimate Teen Movie of the Era
6:13 - Acid-wash Jeans Were Invented in 1981 In Italy…By Mistake In A Textile Lab
7:44 - CNN, The first 24-Hour News Network, Launched in 1980
8:45 - The first commercially available cellphone, the Motorola DynaTAC, cost nearly $4,000
9:48 - The First 3D Video Game, Battlezone, Was Used For Military Training
11:03 - Tetris Was Invented in the Soviet Union in 1984
12:18 - Mullets Were Socially Acceptable Hairstyles
13:17 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Was A Cartoon Created to Sell Toys
14:30 - Black Monday Saw The Largest One-Day Stock Market Drop In History
15:50 - In 1985, The Hole In the Ozone Layer Was First Discovered
17:22 - Halley's Comet Passed Earth
18:23 - The First Transgenic Animals Were Cloned
19:16 - Pound Puppies Were Marketed As Adoptable "Pets" for Kids
20:23 - The Challenger's Teacher-In-Space Program…
22:09 - Yuppie Culture Took Hold
23:41 - Chia Pets Hit Their High
24:37 - McDonald's introduced Chicken McNuggets
25:36 - Chickenpox Parties
26:53 - One Cent Cassettes from Columbia House
28:08 - DC Comics Vs. The Karate Kid
29:08 - Those Without Cable TV Only Got Three Channels
30:03 - Super Bowl Shuffle Hit The Billboard Hot 100

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