r/forbiddensnacks is my new favorite subreddit. It features consumer products that look just like candy or other delicious treats, but are in fact inedible or outright poisonous items such as pebbles, toilet cleaner or rat poison (pictured, by u/snarfgarfunkel)
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6:06 pm Sat
Jan 27, 2018
Tide pods are just the beginning! Behold the world of Forbidden Snacks
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Wild tricks advertisers use to make food look appealing
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Press start on your game idea with this developer's crash course
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Here's a new, smarter way to learn a new language
At the rate the world is shrinking, you don’t need to be a globetrotter for a second language to be a useful skill. And if you’re looking to learn that second language (or a third, or fourth), uTalk Language Education is the learning program that makes progression not only easy but fun. If you can’t […]
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This compact pipe is perfect for smokers on the go
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