Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Sugar Cereal

Sugary cereals are less and less common with each passing year. Sure, we still have the classics, but people are getting more hip to clean eating. Back in the day, people were chowing on pretty much anything with complete disregard for calories and diets. Ah, sounds nice...

Pregnancy Problems

Ladies getting pregnant was a minor blip in the lifestyle of a boomer housewife. People were frequently getting pregnant while also continuing to drink, smoke, and eat forbidden foods. No one knew how bad it could be for a baby, but thankfully, this trend of carelessness is well over...

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The More You Know

  • Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them.
  • A newborn baby is more than 3/4 water.
  • A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean by using pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
  • The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.