Random 80s Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know

Heavy Boomboxes

The classic boombox looked pretty cool propped up on someone’s shoulder, but there was a lot more to it! Some stereos were so heavy that those who were tasked with holding it ended up getting some pretty muscular forearms and biceps!

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The More You Know

  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
  • Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
  • Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for less than $1 million in 1999, but Excite turned them down.
  • Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
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