RANDOM FACTS
What part of your body continues producing new cells that push older cells outward to form your fingernails?
Nail matrix
What is the little plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace called?
Aglet
What did you have to do with a rotary phone after dialing each number?
Let the dial return
This cartoon dog solved mysteries with Shaggy.
Scooby-Doo
MTV aired its first music video.
1980s (1981)
What animal has three hearts?
Octopus
What is the indentation between your nose and upper lip called?
Philtrum
What did people commonly use to look up someone’s home phone number?
The phone book
This TV alien from Melmac loved trying to eat cats.
ALF
The original Star Wars premiered.
1970s (1977)
What is the only letter that doesn't appear in the name of any U.S. state?
Q
What is the metal or plastic sleeve that holds an eraser onto a pencil called?
Ferrule
What did “Be kind, rewind” remind customers to do?
Rewind a VHS tape before returning it
This Happy Days character was known as “The Fonz.”
Arthur Fonzarelli
McDonald’s introduced the Big Mac nationally.
1960s (1968)
What planet rotates on its side compared with most other planets?
Uranus
What is the dot over a lowercase “i” or “j” called?
Tittle
What did placing a pencil into the hole of a cassette tape help you do?
Manually rewind/tighten the tape
This Three’s Company character pretended to be gay so he could live with two women.
Jack Tripper
The first text message was sent.
1990s (1992)
What is the name of the tiny bone located at the base of your tongue that doesn't directly connect to another bone?
Hyoid bone
What is the groove running from the bottom of your nose toward your upper lip part of?
The philtrum
On old television sets, what did “rabbit ears” refer to?
An antenna
This Taxi character was a strange foreign mechanic played by Andy Kaufman.
Latka Gravas
The first commercial compact disc was produced.
1980s (1982)