there were nice times when faucets gave like 50 btc
Yes, this is true. During 2010 to late 2011, faucet operators used to give out 10-50 btc per person (sometimes even 100 if you are lucky enough.) I managed to get through the 1-2 btc per captcha on the 2012 but back then I don't really know what I'm doing (and I didn't even qualify for a payout, which is 15btc) so I just forget about bitcoins. Man, who would've thought that those things that I ignored would actually be worth a thousand bucks at one point in time?
Really? Do you remember the name of faucets back then? Damn those little amount is now a monster today.