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

🍿 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS: ► 25 Facts Showing Why 80s Kids Are So Tough:    • 25 Facts Showing Why 80s Kids Are So Tough   ► 25 Mind Blowing Facts About Time:    • 25 Mind Blowing Facts About Time   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. Grab your copy of What The Facts now, available on Amazon! Click the link to explore over 500 fun and fascinating facts! 👉👉https://www.amazon.com/WHAT-FACTS-ARE... Please support my channel and get access to perks:   / @list25   🔔 Subscribe for more tips just like this: https://bit.ly/3Ewz99H 🚀 Watch our latest List25 Videos:    / list25   📨 Have a list idea? Submit it here: https://bit.ly/3Mu3gk1 Author: Amber Music: My Synth Bae - The Soundlings 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 Follow us on Social Media: List25 Discord:   / discord   Facebook:   / list25   Instagram:   / list25   Twitter/X:   / list25   Pinterest:   / list25   Mike Instagram:   / michaelbestrin   Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/michaelbestrin Mike's Other Channel:    / dizmelife   See more lists on our website: http://list25.com Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research