6. Pogo Balls
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The late 1980s fad led to millions of kids gleefully bouncing while breaking ankles. Granted, the Saturn-esque Pogo Ball just looked like hopping good fun with its two balls separated by a flat disk. But just think about it: could it have ever been a good idea to jump around on top of what amounted to little more than two kick balls? The Pogo Ball was not only a danger from above (feet were always slipping from their grip of the ball, leading to turned ankles or worse), but an even greater danger from below (get a bad bounce or land on a patch of gravel and you’ll soon be flying face first toward the ground).
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