These Common Household Objects Will Be Obsolete In a Few Short Years

DVDs

When was the last time you rented a physical movie? Remember Blockbuster and Redbox? Now, Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime are the new way to digitally watch all your favorite flicks, making both DVDs and DVD players obsolete.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
  • Yosemite means "those who kill."
  • The people who are currently alive are only 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived.
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