korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball, played by two teams of
8 players (four females and four males)
88 Bars is an episode (s6e7) in the crime drama TV series "77 Sunset Strip", in which Stu Bailey is hired by one of the richest women in the world to investigate a series of attempts on the life of her brother
in the "Back to the Future" films,
88 mph is the speed that the DeLorean car must attain in order to travel in time
"
8888 Uprising" is the name given to a series of nationwide demonstrations, marches, and protests in Burma (Myanmar) that peaked on 8 August 1988
there are
8 planets in the Solar System (since Pluto has been demoted)