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

  • More than 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  • A baby can cost new parents 750 hours of sleep in their first year.
  • Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper.
  • A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
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