In 1969, a kid could buy a toy that came down like a knife, get their feet X-rayed at the shoe store, and spray a can of hairspray that was quietly eating a hole in the ozone layer. None of it was illegal. It was just Tuesday.

This is the story of 22 household gadgets from the 1960s and '70s that have completely vanished from American homes — some banned outright after real deaths and decades of regulatory fights, others never illegal at all, just beaten by something newer, cheaper, or safer.

From lawn darts and clackers to the shoe-fitting fluoroscope that irradiated millions of children's feet for a sales pitch, plus radium-dial clocks, lead-painted cribs, CFC aerosol cans, 8-tracks, rotary phones, waterbeds, and more.

⏱️ Which one did YOUR house actually have? Let me know in the comments.

📌 Stick around for #3 — the machine that stood in shoe stores for three decades after doctors first said to shut it down.