Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Never Childproofed

Childproofing a home is common practice today, but once upon a time, this was not the case at all. Babies would roam freely at the same height as electric outlets, cabinets, drawers, and hidden cleaning products. It was a parent's job to keep an eye out...constantly. Yikes!

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The More You Know

  • The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • Dentistry is the oldest profession in the world.
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