Jul 16, 2023
Hilarious Histories - July 16
Take an average city like Oklahoma City, located (guess where?) in Oklahoma...
On July 16, 1935, the world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma. Exactly ten years later, the United States detonated its first nuclear weapon. Coincidence? I think not. For decades past, the parking meter has been the scourge of mankind. As indestructible as the New York cockroach, it has sprung up unbidden on the most convenient streets, restricting access to storefronts across the…
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