Nike had a clause in Michael Jordan’s record rookie contract: be rookie of the year, average 20 ppg, be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan became rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/2918/how-nike-landed-michael-jordan
1984
WTF Fun Fact – First Cell Phone The Brick
The first cell phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X aka ‘The Brick’. It was designed by Rudy Krolopp in April of 1984 and sold in the United States for just under $4,000. It weighed two pounds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7432915/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/t/first-cell-phone-true-brick/#.Xdf1WdXgpPZ