Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Mercurochrome

There's a reason most kids haven't heard of Mercurochrome. If a little kid ever scraped their elbow or cut a finger playing, Mercurochrome was the chemical in question to stop infection. We don't use it anymore because it was bright red which is a little too creepy looking...

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The More You Know

  • A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body.
  • There is a museum of bad art.
  • “Digging a hole to China” is theoretically possible if you start in Argentina.
  • The majority of polar bears live in Canada—not in the Arctic.
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