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

Classroom Chalkboards

Most classrooms today have done away with the messy chalkboards in favor for Smart Boards. The digital screens require no cleanup and can mirror your computer monitor for easier learning. You'll never have to hear that grating nails-on-a-chalkboard noise ever again.

In-Person Voting

People are lazy these days, there's no denying that. People also hate crowds and lines. Even if there's no other excuse, many people choose to vote with mail-in ballots rather than making the trip to their polling place.

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The More You Know

  • The Guinness brewery supported all of it's employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
  • If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
  • An oyster's sex is fluid.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.