Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Crib Care

Babies are not supposed to sleep on their stomachs. Do you think boomer parents knew that? Absolutely not. They also had very unstable cribs which were built more for the style than safety and function. Since then, the crib industry definitely prioritizes a safe baby, not a fashionable one.

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

  • The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.
  • Tic Tac mints are named after the sound their container makes.
  • Cows have best friends.
  • 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.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.