From a Pizza mascot who created a hostage situation to the real origin of the Rubik's cube — Here are 25 FASCINATING Facts About the '80s

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The '80s were a revolutionary time — technology was innovating like never before, the Cold War was coming to an end, Hollywood was booming with action movies like Die Hard, and shoulder pads were in style for some reason. But there's plenty you don't know about this iconic decade.
From a Pizza mascot who created a hostage situation to the real origin of the Rubik's cube — Here are 25 fascinating facts about the '80s!


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Author: Jackson Oka
Music: Overdrive - Corby Kites

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - The Safety Dance
1:23 - Murder in Miami was out of control
2:06 - Daily shampooing became normalized
2:41 - 1 GB hard drive cost $40,000
3:25 - Cinco de Mayo became bigger in the US than in Mexico
4:11 - Pablo Escobar spent thousands on rubber bands
4:45 - The "Noid" shocked the country
5:28 - Rival ice cream truck drivers went to war in Glasgow
6:01 - There was a New York Gang called the Decepticons
6:31 - Fish farts spooked the Swedish Navy
7:12 - Day Care Hysteria
8:01 - Online banking was invented
8:52 - There were fewer ads on cable
9:39 - Fake Cabbage Patch Kids were a problem for the FBI
10:39 - The invention of Chicken McNuggets
11:13 - The oldest known emoticon is from 1982
12:02 - The first commercial cell phone weighed two pounds
12:43 - Seatbelts were optional
13:18 - The average home price was $100K
13:49 - Rubik's cube almost had a very different name
14:30 - An ozone layer hole was discovered above Antarctica
15:05 - Prozac goes on sale
15:38 - There was a major boycott of the 1980 Olympics
16:23 - The US and the Vatican didn't have diplomatic relations for 117 years
17:09 - Waterbeds were once immensely popular
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