This is the 15186th most frequent Russian word.
помнят
"Remember" (they remember).
The verb 'помнят' here is in the third person plural, indicating that multiple people remember something.
Ученики всегда помнят даты экзаменов.
The students always remember the exam dates.
The verb 'помнят' signifies recalling or keeping in memory, related to a past event here.
Многие помнят те времена, когда не было интернета.
Many remember the times when there was no internet.
'Помнят' is used to express that friends keep the notion of a recurring event in mind.