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pop culture Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities Popkin

Culture Bald Mr Clean mascot "retired" Rob Beschizza

retro Nostalgic retro milk signs for National Milk Day Popkin

candy Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued Rob Beschizza

Food A truly balanced breakfast Devin Nealy

autonomous vehicles "Avoid the Noid!" Domino's villain reborn as a delivery robot Jess Sabine

1980s '80s Mascot "Bleachman" Wants You To Shoot Up Safely Janelle Hessig

china Hong Kong shoppers patronize "yellow" stores that support the uprising; while "blue" businesses that support the mainland are vandalized Cory Doctorow

clowns McDonalds to avoid advertising with Ronald McDonald until "creepy clown" fad subsides. Rob Beschizza

walt whitman Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? Ben Marks

Food A visit to the World's Tallest Thermometer in Baker, California Mark Frauenfelder