"Rabbit Ear" TV Antennas

If the only rabbit ears you're familiar with are the ones you bite off of your chocolate Cadbury bunnies, then you probably weren't around in the era when TVs still needed their antennas adjusted for clear reception. The twin antennas that topped TVs from their launch in the 1950s until about 2007, when they were phased out, were notoriously frustrating to manipulate. Today, we have built-in digital tuners that often deliver a crystal-clear, HD-quality picture, and rabbit ears have become a virtual relic.

Milk Door

You probably haven't had milk delivered to your door in a very long time. However, it used to be a common occurrence, with a milk door standard in many homes. The small door was situated on the side of the house, and was used to leave bottles of milk between the walls.

Boot Scraper

If you've ever walked up to someone's front door and seen a strange ground-level cast-iron contraption, it's a boot scraper! Known as a "decrottoir" in French, which refers to the need to remove excrement (yuck), boot scrapers popped up in the 18th and 19th centuries alongside the invention of walking paths. With modernism came less mud (as well as dog, human, horse and pig excrement) on the streets, and so the boot scraper declined in necessity and popularity. Build this handy boot scraper yourself in less than two hours.