Random 80s Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know

Ghostwriters

Ghostwriting was really popular in the 80s. Baby-sitter’s Club author Anne M. Martin actually wrote the first Sweet Valley Twins Book. Then, the author who wrote Sweet Valley Twins, Peter Lerangis, ghostwrite 43 of The Baby-sitter’s Club books.

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The More You Know

  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
  • The last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was "This Is The End" at a store in Hawaii.
  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
  • The youngest parents in the world were aged 8 and 9.
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