Random 80s Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know

For real, these facts are random and super cool. The 80s was a very special decade that is unapologetically weird, and will always have a special place in our hearts (even those who weren’t alive back then!)

Stay Puft Suits

The iconic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man suit in Ghostbusters took $20,000 to make! Now, times that by three suits, and they had to spend $60,000 on three suits that they had to destroy to film the scenes.

The More You Know

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 designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time.
Video games help surgeons perform better.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.