Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Getting Drafted

In the 1960s, young men across America had to take on one of life's scariest realities...war. Men had to enlist in the draft and were sent across the globe. These days, men ages 19-26 still have to register with the Selective Service System, but the draft is way less pressing than it used to be. 

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The More You Know

  • The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
  • Arkansas hosts the annual World Championship Duck Calling Contest.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
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