The first time the word “period” was used on TV about menstruation was in 1985. It came via a line in a Tampax commercial: “Feeling cleaner is more comfortable. It can change the way you feel about your period.” And the actor who made pop culture history was Courtney Cox of Friends fame.
100 Mind-Blowing Fame Facts
The world’s oldest toy is a stick. Think of how versatile a stick is. You can use it to play fetch with your dog, swing it as a bat, or use your imagination to turn it into a lightsaber. That’s why, in 2008, the National Toy Hall of Fame inducted the stick into its collection of amazing toys as, very possibly, the oldest toy ever.
There was a fifth member of the Beatles. Stuart Sutcliffe was a painter and bassist who was an original member before the band came to fame. He soon later died due to a brain haemorrhage.
The Baseball Hall of Fame had a secret inductee. In 1988, a surreptitious addition to the Baseball Hall of Fame was made without anyone knowing. A bar owner visiting the hall slipped a photo of his father in a baseball cap into one of the glass cases. This photo remained in the hall for over 6 years before being discovered.
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman but was changed to Mario to honour the Nintendo of America’s landlord, Mario Segali.
The Finnish Forest Reindeer, arguably the reindeer of Santa Claus fame, are the largest reindeer species. They are over 7 ½ feet long.
The Style Wars began in the 1970s and introduced the concept of bombing. Graffiti artists created bigger and bigger pieces in an attempt to achieve fame. They would often “bomb,” or “hit,” one area, which meant painting many surfaces in an area. For the sake of time, they often threw up tags instead of complex pieces.
To keep up with the competition, graffiti artists created rubber stamps, stickers and stencils for more efficient tagging. Some believed that this defied the true nature of graffiti, but at this point in the 1980s, everyone was focused on achieving fame.
Justin Bieber is one of the first YouTube success stories. He posted covers on YouTube that were discovered by Usher, which paved the road to his astounding level of fame.