It is amazing that so many kids actually made it out alive from the 70's. Here are 5 things I did ALL the time as a kid that would probably get me jail time today or at least a third eye!

MERCURY

I would break open thermometers and play with the mercury inside. I can remember sitting at my desk at school with a handful of mercury thinking how cool it was. It was like liquid metal. No, I don't have a third eye.

NEVER ONCE WORE A SEATBELT

Seat belts were the annoying things that poked you in the back. That's when you shoved them as hard as you could into the seat so they wouldn't bother you. That's right, there were no laws that you HAD to wear them. Oh, it was suggested...but why bother?

WOOD BURNING KITS

See that stick thing next to the tape measure? That would get hot enough to burn wood. Then you simply traced the outline on a piece of wood, enjoy the sweet sweet smell of wood burning and hope to God you didn't end up with 3rd degree burns. Never did burn myself...well, badly.

LAWN DARTS

Oh these were a thing. Lawn darts caused over 6,000 emergency hospital visits and three children's deaths before they were banned in 1988. We got lucky...we were not one of the 6,000 or 3. But we sure coulda been.

CHLORDANE

Never heard of this chemical? That could be because it was banned in the 80's due to the damage to the environment and humans! We sprayed Chlordane on everything! And a ton of it. We had huge bottles and bags of it (it came in a liquid and powder!)  I'm sure I ingested at least 40 pounds of this stuff as a kid. After spraying for bugs, I'd come in for a lunch of Wonderbread with ham, a Twinkie and a giant glass of Kool-Aid. Again..I do not have a third eye.

As Jen said, 'My God...how are you alive?'  What did you do, that you can't believe you survived?