Random 80s Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know

Hacky Sacks Peaked, But They Weren’t New

Hacky sacks are very much an 80s past time. Who doesn’t remember hanging in the college quad and passing one around? Weirdly enough, the Hacky sack has been around since 3000 BCE. Chinese Emperor Wong Ti would kick around a “leather ball filled with hair.” Fun!

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The More You Know

  • You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
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