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We hit one third of boomers being dead in the last few days. (lemmy.world)

incendar.com/baby_boomer_deathclock.php

"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report (lemmy.world)

An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)

Location on a map: www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-…

I’m in a park. The grass is being mown by a robot. (lemmy.world)

We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!...

in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on (lemmy.world)

I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

Ancient Iran had air conditioning (lemmy.world)

I made a website that tells you, based on the year you graduated high school, what your school (probably) got wrong! (yourschoolgotwrong.com)

Gay Water, a vodka soda that's a response to the Bud Light transphobia (www.cnn.com)

The Capillary Cup is a zero-gravity cup designed by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station. The product is an open drinking cup designed to be used in a microgravity environment, developed from Pettit’s desire to drink water without a bag and straw in outer space.

How geologists collect lava (i.imgur.com)

I lost my mouse a couple times and bought an exact replacement, then found the old one. You can see the evolution of the logo (lemmy.world)

this plug doesn't have the little holes (lemmy.world)

Man reviews Whiskey while his wife is packing her stuff and leaving him in the background (youtu.be)

Here it is. He says “Cindy and I are breaking up” - then proceeds with the review of Laphroaig 10 Year Single Malt Scotch, which he tells us has been his go-to single malt - it’s a “no compromise” Malt, he assures us.

At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand. (files.catbox.moe)

Whoever wrote my daughter's health class text apparently lives in the 1950s. (lemmy.world)

Maybe they can go to the malt shop later? And then the sock hop?

Pudding used to come in cans (lemmy.world)

the FDA is considering a ban on menthol cigarette sales (www.verifythis.com)

This fast food order kiosk accepts cash (mander.xyz)

All the McD*nalds in my area have been upgraded with order kiosks. Regardless of all the controversy around self-checkout, and minimum wage, and automation taking our jobs, I personally love them. I can take my sweet time composing my order, I can see the full selection (such as it is), I can see pictures and prices clearly...

This package of bagels I bought expired on a date that doesn't exist. (i.imgur.com)

I originally posted this on the other site back when I took the picture, and it resulted in a lot of confused comments, especially from Americans, eventually getting removed by overzealous mods. Either way, I promise you that this date does not exist, and has never existed.