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Before we go, here’s your random trivia of the day:

Today is National Landline Telephone Day, celebrating the telephone’s first U.S. patent holder, Alexander Graham Bell.

But for how much longer will the holiday exist?

According to one study, in 2004 more than 90% of U.S. households had a landline phone. In 2020, that figure plummeted to only 40%.

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