Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Watergate Hearings

Every scandal these days is named after the big one...Watergate. The kids in this generation grew up hearing about this trial firsthand. Some people thought this would be the end of democracy in America. They watched Nixon leave the White House in a helicopter!

Star Wars

If you think Star Wars is big now, just imagine how exciting it was when the movie first debuted. These kids got to see Luke Skywalker without knowing anything else about the series. Today, kids are so inundated with content that they know all about the big spoiler!

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The More You Know

  • During your lifetime, you will spend around seventy-nine days brushing your teeth.
  • The population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds.
  • The smallest unit of measurement in the universe is the Planck length.
  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.