Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Notes For the Store

Don't trust your kid to get the right medicine? Good call. It used to be common practice to send a little one into town with nothing but a couple of bucks and a note in their pocket to give to the shopkeeper. Once there, they'd give them the cash and paper, like little delivery people!

The More You Know

John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
You spend about 10% of the time you're awake blinking.
There are castles for sale in France that cost less than a two-bedroom apartment in Australia.
In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.