Undeniable Facts about Baby Boomers

Reading Reader's Digest

What even is Reader's Digest? Only a Baby Boomer knows at this point! The magazines are often found at check-out lines in grocery stores which is very accessible for Baby Boomers. It's just another way that they get information.

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  • The Netherlands has the tallest population.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.