The Most Iconic Inventions of the 2010s

Yik Yak

The idea of anonymity on the internet is quite popular among many social medias. Yik Yak was a completely anonymous platform that let users within a 5-mile radius post whatever was on their mind. This was mostly used by college students trying to figure out what's happening on campus and where the best party was. That, and it was used to complain about other college students. 

VR Movies

This sounds headache inducing, and it is! Many directors wanted to be the first to diversify their films, so they hopped on the VR trend. It's a cool idea, especially because you can control what you're looking at, but sitting like that for two hours sounds a bit exhausting. Some movie theaters even tried to introduce technology, but it never really took off. 

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The More You Know

  • Earth is 4.54 billion years old.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. had a C in public speaking.
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.