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Disco Years Factoids

What were the hippest 1970s TV shows?
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Laugh-In
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The Flip Wilson Show
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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All in the Family
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M*A*S*H*
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The Six Million Dollar Man
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The Bionic Woman
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Charlie’s Angels
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Mork and Mindy
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Best-selling Books of the 1970s
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Love Story
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Wheels
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Jonathon Livingston Seagull
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Centennial
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Ragtime
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Trinity
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The Silmarillion
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Chesapeake
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The Matarese Circle
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Who were the top box office stars of the 1970s?
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Paul Newman
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Clint Eastwood
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John Wayne
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Barbra Streisand
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Robert Redford
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Ryan O’Neal
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Burt Reynolds
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Dustin Hoffman
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Sylvester Stallone
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John Travolta
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Woody Allen
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Fads of the 1970s
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wigs
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jogging
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health food
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transcendental meditation
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CB radios
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streaking
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skateboarding
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mood rings
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Farrah posters
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disco dancing
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toga parties
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roller disco
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Top Albums of the 1970s
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
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by Simon and Garfunkle
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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by various artists
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American Pie
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by Don Mclean
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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by Elton John
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Elton John – Greatest Hits
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by Elton John
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Physical Graffiti
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by Led Zeppelin
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Songs in the Key of Life
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by Stevie Wonder
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Rumours
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by Fleetwood Mac
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Saturday Night Fever
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by various artists
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Bad Girls
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by Donna Summer
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It First Appeared in the 1970s…
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child-proof pill bottles
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postal strikes
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snowmobiles
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pocket calculators
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girls in Lttle League
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female mayors
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word processors
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TV tampon ads
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no-name products
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Important Firsts: Scientific Discoveries of the 1970s
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Floppy Discs
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Genetic Engineering
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CAT scans
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Microprocessors
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Neutron Bombs
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Test-tube babies
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What famous Canadian couple married in 1971?
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Pierre and Margaret Trudeau
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How much did a trip to the corner store cost in the 1970s?
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Eggs
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61 cents
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Milk
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33 cents a quart
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Bread
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24 cents a loaf
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Butter
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87 cents a lb
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What was the average life expectancy in the 1970s?
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Males
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67 years
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Females
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75 years
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