The $13 gloves used thermochromic ink to make images "appear" when the temperature dropped below 40 degrees.

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The '80s-themed rom-com that turned Adam Sandler into a genuine leading man hit theaters 20 years ago today.
Slash had no idea what it was about. Axl Rose insisted it be based on a short story. At roughly nine minutes, it stretched the patience of MTV’s viewers.
'The Super Bowl Shuffle' was billed as a song to "feed the needy." The Chicago Bears nearly fumbled it.
It's just as convenient as writing on your hand.
The spooky TV ads for Time-Life's encyclopedia of the bizarre inspired the nightmares of countless '80s kids.
The nighttime soap you have to thank for the 1980s shoulder pad trend made its debut on this day in 1981.
Classrooms didn't have computer monitors when the game debuted in 1971, so kids had to use more of their imagination when shooting deer or succumbing to typhoid fever.
From picking the president to having your future told, 900 numbers weren't just the domain of phone sex operators and teen heartthrobs in the 1980s.
The famed retailer's Christmas 1987 catalog had something for everyone—including someone with $10,000 to shell out on a pair of alligator jeans.
There’s nothing more frustrating than having a sudden food craving for something from a restaurant that’s been out of business for a decade.
Take a trip down holiday memory lane with these still-amazing gifts from 25 years ago.
Whether you owned a Johnny Seven One Man Army or just want to know more about the ultra-violent, bestselling toy of 1964, let's take a look back at some of the dangerous toys of yesteryear.
It was a debut so perplexing, it elicited angry boos from the crowd gathered to watch WWF's Survivor Series.
In 1972, University of Washington students needed something durable to carry their books and keep them from getting wet. The co-founder of JanSport had a solution.
Smart home technology isn’t perfect (as anyone who owns an Amazon Echo that’s been activated by an episode of South Park knows), but it’s come a long way since the 1980s.
Discover which of these rare 1970s toys, albums, and housewares could make garage sales worth your while.
Attention ladies: The Iceman is willing to spring for a fancy dinner, but not at one of those places "where the menu is so fancy I don't know what I'm ordering."
These would-be video game mascots fell just a bit short of competing with Mario and Sonic for icon status.
It's the latest retro console to get a nostalgia-fueled makeover.
Time Capsule compiles the best jams from your teens and early 20s.
The NES Classic helped take the veil off a subculture of retro gamers who make their own classics, buy clone consoles, and know when a vintage side-scroller has the wrong frame rate.