Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Fire Hydrant Fun

Today, you can buy a funky sprinkler for playing online. Back then though, you would have the choice of a hose or an exposed fire hydrant for fun in the water. Sweaty kids in the streets would pray for a hot day and some free city water to splash around in. Look how happy these two kiddos were!

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The More You Know

  • Muhammad is the most popular name in the world.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • Crayola is literally "oily chalk."
  • Earth is 4.54 billion years old.
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