Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Notes For the Store

Don't trust your kid to get the right medicine? Good call. It used to be common practice to send a little one into town with nothing but a couple of bucks and a note in their pocket to give to the shopkeeper. Once there, they'd give them the cash and paper, like little delivery people!

Sunscreen Scam

If you're going out on a sunny day, be sure to wear your sunscreen. Boomers used to think that sunscreen was a huge scam and never used the stuff. It wasn't until recently that people learned how dangerous sunburns could really be in the long term. Thankfully, people believe in the stuff now!

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The More You Know

  • Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
  • At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.