Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Smoking Sells

Back in the day, everyone smoked. Literally everyone. Men, women, children, it didn't matter. As long as you had a cigarette or a pipe in your hand, the day was going alright. Of course, now we know how bad it is for you, so glad this one ended!

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The More You Know

  • There are more than 24 time zones around the world.
  • 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.
  • Beavers have transparent eyelids so they can see underwater.
  • Lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees.
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