1 HOUR of Things 1970s Kids Did That Are ILLEGAL Now

Remember the 1970s, when half the things in your house, your car and your schoolyard would be illegal now? This hour of 70s nostalgia walks through everyday stuff that’s banned today, from the toy box to the highway. If you were growing up in the 70s, a lot of this will feel familiar. We start with lawn darts, the Jarts that sent backyard games to the emergency room, plus clackers, real chemistry sets and the mercury thermometer in every medicine cabinet. Then come lead paint, leaded gas, asbestos and DDT, along with smoking on planes and indoor smoking everywhere. On the road, it was no seatbelts, no car seats, hitchhiking, truck bed riding and drunk driving treated as a joke. We also cover codeine cough syrup, exotic pets, kids buying cigarettes, school paddling, metal playgrounds and backyard fireworks. These 70s things banned since tell the story of how a generation learned what was dangerous, often the hard way. Factstalgia brings these boomer memories with the facts behind each law, so stay for the full hour and count how many you lived through. Like the video if you ever burned your legs on a metal slide, and subscribe for more retro deep dives.