Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Bowl Cuts

This hairstyle was a huge yikes. It was a bowl placed on your head, your mother cutting around the edge of it and there you have it, the ugliest haircut known to mankind. Who needs a stylist when you have dinnerware?

Pop Rocks

This candy came with science and horror stories. Some people would combine it with soda to be true masochists, others would just add it to ice cream or eat it alone. No matter how you ate it, it was always an experience.

The More You Know

Great white sharks are so scared of killer whales that they'll avoid an area for up to a year after spotting one.
It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
The Guinness brewery supported all of it's employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
Only two national flags have the color purple on them.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.