Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Disco Parties & Roller Skates

Teens back in the day used to love gathering a group together to go roll around on skates and dance to some disco tunes. With big hair and short shorts, this was the best way to spend a Saturday back then. Still, it looks like it could be a pretty fun time!

Waiting By The Telephone

These days people are trying to get away from their phones, but if you were waiting on a cutie to give you a call, waiting by the phone was the only way to ensure you'd be there! Not only that, but you better hope no one else in your household needs to use the landline, or you could miss it. 

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The More You Know

  • Former billionaire Chuck Feeney has given away over 99% of his 6.3 billion dollars to help under privileged kids go to college. He is now worth $2 million dollars.
  • Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.