80s trivia that always starts arguments

[PixelNostalgia]

The 80s were so absurd that half the real stories sound fake. Been collecting trivia and some of these always start debates.
Van Halen's brown M&M clause wasn't ego. It was a safety check buried deep in their technical rider. If brown M&Ms showed up in the bowl, the band knew the venue hadn't read the full contract, which covered stuff like stage weight limits and pyrotechnics. Pretty clever actually.
The E.T. video game was built in five weeks. Millions of unsold copies were buried in a landfill in New Mexico. Everyone called it an urban legend for decades until a documentary crew dug them up in 2014.
And Cabbage Patch Kids in 1983 had 20 million orders against 3 million dolls produced. Those $20 dolls sold for up to $2,000 on the black market. Actual fistfights in store aisles.
Full list of 80s trivia questions here: https://learnclash.com/blog/80s-trivia-questions
What 80s fact do you bring up that people always argue about? The Van Halen thing always divides the room.

 

[x_lodx_lod's icon]

I don't know if this is global information, but there's a legend from the 80s in Brazil called the Varginha ET, an event where several people claim to have seen an alien. There are several people who have said they saw an alien, and various stories...

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

The 80s were so absurd that half the real stories sound fake. Been collecting trivia and some of these always start debates.
Van Halen's brown M&M clause wasn't ego. It was a safety check buried deep in their technical rider. If brown M&Ms showed up in the bowl, the band knew the venue hadn't read the full contract, which covered stuff like stage weight limits and pyrotechnics. Pretty clever actually.
The E.T. video game was built in five weeks. Millions of unsold copies were buried in a landfill in New Mexico. Everyone called it an urban legend for decades until a documentary crew dug them up in 2014.
And Cabbage Patch Kids in 1983 had 20 million orders against 3 million dolls produced. Those $20 dolls sold for up to $2,000 on the black market. Actual fistfights in store aisles.
Full list of 80s trivia questions here: https://learnclash.com/blog/80s-trivia-questions
What 80s fact do you bring up that people always argue about? The Van Halen thing always divides the room.

liar... the 80's were 100% authentic... Tears for Fears showed that Everybody Wants to Rule the World, even though the Working Hour was the best song on that album.. Motorhead created uppers out of nowhere for me to ingest and then taught me the house always wins in Ace of Spades... dont get me started on Bomber... punk rock was real and disco was dying.. Rambo went from a traumatized war vet who only killed one person in the first film (in self defense btw) to the ultimate vision of American rage that won the Cold War (im ok with that too btw, although the first film still makes me cry), then made Cobra where his name was Marion Cobretti (genius.... get it.. John Wayne's real first name was Marion and Cobretti sounds like Cobra) and he fought "neo fascists" who wanted only the strong to survive (wouldnt that be "neo darwinists?") and hired his future wife Bridgitte Nelson on that film (later to show up again in Rocky 4)..... sigh... I miss the 80's....

 

[Deleted member 924886]

I thought the 80s were okay. The music was definitely better back then than it is now. Now it's just AI nonsense.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Mario is not a plumber.

Michael Jackson donating an ambulance to a hospital that had treated him after a massive fuck up while shooting an ad tends to really get some people going for some damn reason.

 

[Advil Lavs]

Mario is not a plumber.

Michael Jackson donating an ambulance to a hospital that had treated him after a massive fuck up while shooting an ad tends to really get some people going for some damn reason.

Ah yes, the Michael Jackson burning facility. I think that's what they renamed it to?

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

aw shit, Last Boy Scout is 90's... nevermind

 

[GuyZero32k4]

When Coca Cola changed the formula and taste of Coke. I personally didn't like the new taste. Shit lasted only a few months, president of company goes on TV and announces they're going back to the old recipe. They went back to the old formula and released it named Coca Cola Classic.

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

When Coca Cola changed the formula and taste of Coke. I personally didn't like the new taste. Shit lasted only a few months, president of company goes on TV and announces they're going back to the old recipe. They went back to the old formula and released it named Coca Cola Classic.

yeah my mom told me this story as legend.. she was coke's number 1 fan