These Are Some of Hollywood's Most Iconic Moments

Remember When Heather Locklear and Tom Cruise Dated?

This high-profile couple was together for a short time in 1982. They dated for six months and then split because apparently, Locklear couldn't take Cruise seriously. Though they made an attractive pair, the chemistry fizzled super quickly. 

The Flip Wilson Show

This show was groundbreaking for BIPOC actors and entertainers. Most programs weren't hosted by black people at the time, but one of the main cast members was a black man. The show garnered lifelong fans from the likes of Eddie Murphy.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • Bubble wrap was originally designed to be used as wallpaper.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.