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

Plastic Grocery Bags

These just aren't eco-friendly. Many people choose to bring their own canvas or reusable bags to the grocery store in order to protect the environment. They also hold way more than those filmsy plastic bags.

Single-Use Straws

We've been trying to ban plastic straws for ages. They're one of ocean litter's biggest culprits and are terrible for the environment. Trade them out for reusable metal straws instead.

The More You Know

Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
Lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees.
England is hit with more tornadoes per square mile than any other country in the world.
One area of Canada has a weaker gravitational pull than the rest of Earth.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.