Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Waiting By The Telephone

These days people are trying to get away from their phones, but if you were waiting on a cutie to give you a call, waiting by the phone was the only way to ensure you'd be there! Not only that, but you better hope no one else in your household needs to use the landline, or you could miss it. 

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The More You Know

  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • There's a Russian village where every resident is a tightrope walker.
  • The average person living in Sweden eats about 22 pounds of chocolate a year.
  • A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."
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