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

Lighters In Cars

If your car has a cigarette lighter in the console, that's definitely a sign of its age. Now, most car manufacturers have changed the lighter's use into something more practical (and healthy). Nowadays they're used for cellphone chargers.

The More You Know

"E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.
When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
The brain is the fattest organ.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.