My favorite version is from The Critic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUXlVHJkJ-M

The 5gal bucket isn't bad, but I'd go for something collapsible and easy to carry around before/after you use it. I see a 46-Gallon Pop Up Garbage Can on amazon for $19. Collapses down to a circle 22x1.2-inches.

I think it could be a lot more interesting if they provided you with the date of birth before you guess. Or just have people guess age of death rather than the year. I could also use a quick bio... I don't always recognize minor celebrities by name, but name + "Founder of Rolling Stones" might help... It would make it more interesting, anyhow.

Danger UXB - WWII London bomb disposal unit
Total Recall 2070 - Like Blade Runner meets L.A. Confidential, rather than its namesake film. Still in the Philip K. Dick universe.

"Those who use the phone booth are said to be surprised by a woman suddenly in the booth with them." -

Oh, so just like every New York phone booth, then?

Of course it "substantially improved finger speed". Tell someone to play faster or else your put them back in the hand-torture machine, and they'll be highly motivated...
Can we nickname it the Freddy Kruger?

I'd think it would be too easy for a patient to jam small foreign objects into the key mechanism (from the outside) then barricade oneself, slowing down ingress for up to maybe an hour.

"Planting food, for example, turned out to be an excellent improvement over nibbling random berries"
I don't think it was, for thousands of years at least... A few years of bad weather/drought, and huge numbers of people died off. Clustering together in cities caused widespread deaths from diseases like cholera, and created ideal conditions for massive plagues that killed off many, many millions of people, too.

Pretty clear he wasn't D.B. Cooper. All witnesses said no. He had a good alibi for the day. etc.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Richard_McCoy_Jr.

One in Guam, three in the U.S. Virgin Islands, plus the Florida mini store makes 5 total:
https://malls.fandom.com/wiki/Kmart/Locations#U.S_Virgin_Islands
Sears isn't far behind with just 11 locations, one of which is in Puerto Rico.

I've have had plenty of dogs suddenly appear in my yard. And once you have one, others show up.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.