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Friday, November 6
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7 Things That Were Normal 50 Years Ago And Are Banned Now

Lawn Darts

Lawn darts were a fun backyard game in the 1970s. You threw heavy metal spikes at a target on the grass. Then kids started dying. After a seven-year-old girl was killed in 1987, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission banned them. Today, lawn darts are illegal to sell in the US. The spike-filled version, anyway.