Wild 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.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.