Unbelievable Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Walking To School

These days, letting your kids walk alone to school is unheard of, and for good reason! The world is a scary and unforgiving place for children. When boomers were little though, they were pushed out of the door and onto the road as soon as they were enrolled in school. You know what they say, "Uphill both ways!"

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The More You Know

  • A Boeing 747 airliner is made of over 6,000,000 separate parts.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • The richest superhero is actually Black Panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas Tony Stark is worth $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion.
  • The average person living in Sweden eats about 22 pounds of chocolate a year.
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