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

Floppy Disk

Unless your computer was built 40 years ago, you don't need to use floppy disks. They used to hold games, software, and important programs, but now they're just chunky pieces of plastic that don't serve any purpose. Now, most software is downloadable, negating the need for any physical disks at all.

The More You Know

The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.
In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
There are more than 24 time zones around the world.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.