Look! It's a plane... No. Wait. It's a plastic bag!!

Every day when I come home from work I pass this lone white plastic bag caught up in a tree, barren of all its leaves.

I think it is actually a very beautiful sight. It peacefully dances along the branches, lead by the wind.

Anyhow, tonight I googled "plastic bags stuck in trees" and learned that there are a few groups of people out there who pluck these bags down and dispose of them.

One such group invented a special tool to aid them in the task. It is called a "bagger snagger." It can reach 40 feet in the air and snatch down those wannabe birds.

If you surf the Internet long enough, you will find photos of Bette Middler using the bagger snagger to clean up New York City. Middler is, of course, the founder of the New York Restoration Project.

Did you know so far this year the world has used over 409 billion bags? It's true. You don't have to take my word for it. Do the research.

Anyhow, that is the useful fact for the day.