From 1957, a disturbing, patronizing, racist Shell ad for pesticides, selling the superiority of big agribusiness.
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3:02 pm Mon
May 13, 2013
Shell's racist pesticide ad, 1957
This pull-up bar hangs from a door frame without mounting hardware
In 2012 I bought this pull-up bar and hang it from the door frame in my home office. When I started, I wasn’t able to do a single pull-up. After a week I could do one pull-up. A couple of months later I was able to do over 10 pull-ups. I still can.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken and Crocs collaborate to make clog with plastic meat appliques
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China is now deep-cleaning and even destroying cash in fight against coronavirus
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Get incredible savings on these factory recertified Microsoft Surface Books and Tablets
You hear the stories all the time. You know the ones about how a new vehicle instantly loses hundreds, even thousands of dollars in value the second a new owner drives it off the lot. Depreciation is a killer, especially when the item itself works just as well — or maybe even better than all […]
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Get a head start on spring cleaning with these innovative tools from Elicto
Spring cleaning time is right around the corner, and, if we’re being honest, the whole thing is kind of a drag. But keeping your home clean in any season is necessary for both health and happiness, so why not make it a little less daunting? The correct tools help make any work easier, and that’s […]
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The right knife can change your entire kitchen and we've rounded up 20 amazing options on sale
Quality knives matter — and in more ways than you might expect. At the most basic level, having a functioning set of proper kitchen knives means you can actually get in a kitchen, start putting together a meal and have the right tools to handle all tasks. From the blunt force of the clever to […]
