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  • filmmaking Why do people in TV and films rarely say "goodbye" while on the phone? Gareth Branwyn
  • toys Fisher-Price's iconic toy telephone can now make phone calls David Pescovitz
  • telephones Fantastically surreal TikTok films about pay telephones David Pescovitz
  • telephones Was your dog George Washington in a previous life? Is your cat the reincarnation of Annie Oakley? Call now to find out. David Pescovitz
  • phones Take over a UK telephone booth for £1 David Pescovitz
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  • movies Watch: "A Eulogy for the Movie Phone Booth" David Pescovitz
  • music Listen to one hour of very familiar and relaxing hold music David Pescovitz
  • musk This woman has Elon Musk's old phone number and gets calls and texts meant for him. A lot. David Pescovitz
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  • electronicos fantasticos This Japanese band will take you away with CRT TVs and other gadgets that sound otherworldly (video) Carla Sinclair
  • computer history The 1947 origin story of the first computer bug is bogus Mark Frauenfelder
  • dead media The Payphone Museum pays homage to a dying communication medium Popkin
  • predictions This 1963 newspaper article has a photo of a mobile phone prototype Mark Frauenfelder
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    comedy Check out this clip of George Carlin talking about telephones in the 70s Devin Nealy
  • art A fine art photographer has taken daily selfies since 1982 David Pescovitz

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