The Weirdest Things You Could Only Find at Your Grandparents House

Plastic Couch Covers

Look, protecting the furniture from spills and snags makes sense on paper, but at what point does comfort and enjoying the couch you spent money on take precedence over protecting it for life? These sticky and loud couch covers were the absolute worst.

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The More You Know

  • About 7% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
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