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Did you know that the USS Flagg was one of the biggest play sets of the 1980s? Dive into the world of G.I. Joe and learn about its massive size, intricate design, and the challenges it posed for parents.

If you watched television in the 1990s, you probably saw an ad for a green blob that could teach you French.

In 1994, Coca-Cola introduced a soda for the grunge era. It left a bitter taste.

Band Aid's charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" enlisted everyone from Sting to Bananarama, but its efforts to help the Ethiopian famine didn't go exactly as planned.

In the late 1980s, thousands of cars were adorned with a seemingly crushed stuffed cat. Not everyone found it funny.

The therapist gave advice about masturbation and contraception at a time those subjects were still taboo.

The tiny chips held just 60 seconds of pop music, but kids still couldn’t get enough.

In the 1970s, Big Bird went to the big house (literally) when "Sesame Street" launched a prison daycare program.

Suggestive lyrics from bands like Twisted Sister led to the 1985 Parents Music Resource Center Senate hearing on whether musicians should be allowed to rock without parental supervision.

Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.

Cars with wood paneling used to be all the rage. And yes, it made perfect sense at the time.

Animatronic versions of bar patrons Norm and Cliff made two actors named George and John very unhappy.