Random 80s Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know

New Kids On the Block Day

The state of Massachusetts loved their hometown heroes so much that they named an entire day after them! Governor Michael Dukakis claimed April 24th “New Kids On the Block Day” and it has been celebrated every year since 1989.

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The More You Know

  • You spend about 10% of the time you're awake blinking.
  • Benjamin Franklin was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  • There's a "floating rainforest" in the sea.
  • Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
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