Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Free Trampolines

Trampolines these days are still pretty unsafe, but they're usually at least concealed by a net so a kid won't go bouncing off the side of it. When boomers were little, trampolines did not come with a net. You had to just jump in the center and hope for the best!

Random Friends

It's pretty common for friends to meet through school or around the block, but in these cases, the parents already know each other. Back in the day, if you met a kid your parents didn't know...that was fine and normal! No need to meet the parents, surely they're probably okay...

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The More You Know

  • Wasting food is illegal for supermarkets in France.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
  • People write love letters to trees in Australia via email.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.