Strange Things Our Parents’ Generation Used to Think Were Normal

The Phone Book

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The much loved sister to the Yellow Pages was the phone book, sometimes called the White Pages. This had a list of every home phone number in town, complete with the names and addresses for everyone you knew. This kind of thing feels like a breach of privacy in the modern era, but Facebook knows far more juicy details from your life even if you don’t have an account.

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