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

  • A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
  • Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
  • When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"
  • Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.