đź§˝ We Used to Call That Clean
🤯 Wait… That’s a Thing?
đź§  Why Do We Know This?
🕳️ Into the Rabbit Hole
🎭 Made Up… or Nah?
100

Before disposable wipes, people used this cloth made from flour sacks.

What is a tea towel (or flour sack towel)?

100

This explosive treat was banned in the '70s for being “too dangerous.”

What is Pop Rocks

100

What colour are airplane “black boxes”?

What is orange?

100

What’s the dot over a lowercase “i” called?

What is a tittle?

100

Bananas grow on trees.

❌ Made up — they grow on giant herbs!

200

This powdery cleanser was a staple for scrubbing sinks and tubs.

What is Comet or Ajax?

200

In the 1920s, doctors prescribed this now-illegal substance for coughs.

What is heroin?

200

This creature is the only mammal capable of true flight.

What is a bat?

200

In 2006, Pluto lost its planet status—what new classification was it given?

What is a dwarf planet?

200

: In Canada, it's illegal to whistle in public after 9pm in Petrolia, Ontario.

 âś… True (weirdly enough, it's a local bylaw!)


300

These reusable tools were left in a jar of soapy water on the windowsill.

What are steel wool pads (e.g. SOS pads)?


300

Canadians were required to have one of these when buying margarine in certain provinces.

  • What is a color dye capsule (to color it yellow)?

300

What does “www” stand for at the beginning of a website?

What is World Wide Web?

300

A group of flamingos is called this flamboyant word.

What is a flamboyance?

300

The Eiffel Tower can grow by more than 6 feet in summer.

✅ True — metal expands in heat!

400

Long before Dryel or dry-cleaning kits, people used this method to freshen suits at home.

What is steaming (in a bathroom or with a kettle)?

400

This mid-century device was designed to improve posture but looked like a torture chair.

  • What is a posture corrector (or health jolter)?

400

The Beatles made their North American debut on this iconic TV show.

What is The Ed Sullivan Show?

400

The inventor of this Canadian frozen treat never patented it—and lost millions.

What is the Popsicle?

400

The human body has more bones as an adult than as a baby.

❌ Made up — babies have more!

500

The solution to all bad smells was spraying this in the air — no matter how musty the room.

What is Lysol spray or Glade air freshener?

500

In 1984, this fast-food chain tried selling spaghetti

What is McDonald’s?

500

The man on the Pringles can has this name (yes, he has a name).

What is Julius Pringles?

500

In the 1800s, dentures were often made from these unusual “donors.”

What are dead soldiers' teeth?

500

A Canadian once tried to tow an iceberg to make bottled water.

✅ True — it really happened in Newfoundland in the '90s

M
e
n
u