The other aspect of National Geographic is that people didn't throw them out, because they might be useful in the future for a school project or something. This

The other aspect of National Geographic is that people didn't throw them out, because they might be useful in the future for a school project or something. This was such a cultural factor that the Journal of Irreproducible Results wrote an article "National Geographic: The Doomsday Machine", projecting that the massive weight of saved National Geographics would eventually cause geological subsidence, flooding towns and eventually sinking the US into the sea. They concluded that "Publication and distribution of the National Geographic magazine must be stopped at all costs!" if the US was to survive. https://xray-delta.com/2011/05/10/national-geographic-the-doomsday-machine/ https://xray-delta.com/2011/05/10/national-geographic-the-do...