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Man riding a bicycle, Germany, 1920s (thelemmy.club)

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[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

He is not riding he is sitting on a bike near a tree

[–] zout@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago

Germans didn't have bicycles before the second world war, when they stole all the bikes in the Netherlands.

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

He dead.

[–] Selvari21106@mastodon.social 2 points 3 months ago

@PugJesus what is that background?