80s 90s facts
While investigating facts about 80s 90s, I found out little known, but curios details like:
A man working at Kmart in the 80s and 90s saved a collection of cassette tapes that were sent from Kmart's corporate office to be played over the in-store speaker system while people shopped. He later digitized the tapes and uploaded them online where they can be heard today.
That. in the US, the "we'll be back after these messages" often seen during kid shows of the '70s, '80s, and '90s were mandated by the FCC to help children differentiate between the TV show and commercials.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 37 of the best facts about 80s 90s I managed to collect.
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That. in the US, the "we'll be back after these messages" often seen during kid shows of the '70s, '80s, and '90s were mandated by the FCC to help children differentiate between the TV show and commercials.
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A large portion of the Deaf community in the 80s and 90s were against the use of cochlear implants, especially in children, even likening the procedure to genocide.
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Troop Sport, a popular streetwear brand in the '80s and '90s, went bankrupt because of fake rumors that it was owned by the KKK.
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During WWII, thousands of women were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army. Japan still refused to formally apologize to these women, who are now in their 80s and 90s.
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Church attendance in Ireland dropped from 90% in the 80s to 18% by 2011. The change is attributed to the church's attitude towards the multiple sex scandals that surfaced from the 90s onwards.
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80s hair band Winger can trace their massive mid-90s downfall in popularity to being mocked relentlessly on "Beavis and Butt-Head" and subsequent Mike Judge projects
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More widespread seatbelt use in the 90s caused a shift towards using 'less-than pristine' organs for donation (from 1960s-80s, majority of donors were young, head trauma victims without health issues- losing this pool meant finding alternatives)
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During the '80s and well into the '90s, there were products like the Backer, that allowed you to backup files from your PC into VHS tapes using a regular VCR and blank tapes.
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The most watched TV shows of the past decades in the US were the final episodes of The Fugitive (60s), Roots (70s), *M*A*S*H* (80s), Cheers (90s) and Friends (00s). The most watched show of the current decade is an episode of Undercover Boss.
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The top artists by decade have been The Beatles in the 60s, the Bee Gees in the 70s, Michael Jackson in the 80s, Mariah Carey in the 90s, Usher in the 2000s, and, so far, Rihanna in the 2010s.
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Greg Burson, the VA for Yogi Bear in the 80s and 90s once held two women at gunpoint while drunk. During it he got so drunk he began yelling in his Yogi voice at the negotiator, confusing those who did not know of his history in the Voice acting business.
Actor Bruce Willis release three record albums in the late 80s and 90s including Bruno is Back and The Best of Bruce Willis. His cover of Under the Boardwalk hit the number two spot in the UK. - source
During the late 80s and early 90s the concept of superpredators supported laws that put thousands of underaged offenders in life in prison. They're being released as research and experience shows that recidivism is rare and they can be rehabilitated. - source
About The Edge by experimental jazz musician David Axelrod, which came out in 1968. The whole album sold poorly due to being too far ahead of its time, but became sought out by hip hop artists in the 80s and 90s. It became the sample you hear in The Next Episode by Dr. Dre.
The term "Echo Boomers" was the original name for Millennials because they are largely from Baby Boomers having kids of their own in the 80s and 90s. - source
19 of the top 25 point scorers in NHL history all overlapped and played against each other the same era (80s-90s)
PMS was used as a legal defense in the 80s and 90s, in some cases as a defense for murder.
The term "going postal" originated from a series of over 40 murders committed by postal workers that went crazy, and snapped, in the late 80s/ early 90s.
People who spent more than 3 months in the UK in the 80s or 90s are banned from donating blood in many countries like the US, Canada, and Ireland - in case the blood is tainted with Creutzfeldt-Jakob (mad-cow) disease.
One of the extras in 'Goodfellas' was an NYPD cop who is now serving a life sentence for murdering for the mob during the 80s and 90s
"The Riddle" by Nik Kershaw (80s) made popular by Gigi D'Agostino (90s) was meant to be about nothing when better lyrics did not fit as well, thus the title, but people have always searched for a meaning to the catchy song.
