Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Road Trips

You can obviously still go on a road trip whenever you want, but kids in the 70s had a real road trip experience. There were no phones or iPads to distract you, just your own imagination and maybe an annoying sibling or two. That's the real fun!

The More You Know

In one month, the average person consumes about a Lego brick’s worth of microplastic.
J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity!
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.
In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.