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A backyard toy killed three children before America banned it. 🎯
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Dark HistoryAug 29, 2026

A backyard toy killed three children before America banned it. 🎯

A backyard toy killed three children before America banned it. 🎯 . . . Metal-tipped lawn darts were heavy projectiles designed to land point-first. After an estimated 7,000 emergency-room injuries in 10 years—and three children's deaths—the US Consumer Product Safety Commission banned them on December 19, 1988. The family lawn game had been selling miniature weapons.

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