Wild 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

  • For every human on Earth, there are 1.6 million ants.
  • A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time.
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