Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Chicken Pox Party

Before there was a vaccine for chickenpox, parents would throw pox parties with infected and noninfected children. Once everyone had it and overcame it, they would be safe from the virus forever. Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that it could return as Shingles later in life... Thankfully, once there was a less painful way to do it, people generally took that route. 

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The More You Know

  • Sixty percent of the World’s lakes (three million total) are located in Canada.
  • Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.
  • T-shirts were originally made for unmarried men who didn't know how to sew buttons on collared shirts.
  • Yosemite means "those who kill."
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