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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

The Onion in 2056

The satirical newspaper/website The Onion has some fun with the future in its issue for June 22-29, 2056. Among the choice headlines:

  • 117-Aerocar Pileup Clogs Troposphere for Hours
  • Million Robot March Attended By Exactly 1,000,000 Robots
  • Remainder of Ross Ice Shelf Now in Smithsonian Freezer
  • Report: 40 Percent of American High-School Students Mind-Reading at Sixth-Grade Level

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