Almost half (47 percent) of Baby Boomers rise before 6 a.m. and the very first thing most of them (73 percent) do is check their personal email, according to new research from AOL about people’s morning rituals. The AOL Morning Rituals study of 1,000 participants didn't delve into why they get up so early -- 42 percent never even hit the snooze button on their alarm -- but we suspect many Boomers may just be eager to end the nightly tossing and turning that comes with aging and plagues that generation. Millennials, on the other hand, stumble out of bed later: The study found that only 4 percent of Millennials get up before 5 a.m.