Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Saturday Cartoons

Before Netflix and Disney+, there was just a TV with 3 accessible channels. One of these provided cartoons on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the little kids in the household. They'd watch some Looney Toons, maybe some Mickey Mouse, and more!

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  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • Armadillos swallow air to become buoyant when they swim.
  • Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.
  • When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.