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Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

Kevin DuBrow posted:

smut

that is some lusty history :shlick:

also it kind of reads like dialogue from Letterkenny.

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Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

thetoughestbean posted:

TIL there are beavers in Europe

i'm a canadian and thus an accredited beaver lawyer and let me reassure you that there WERE beavers in europe but then something happened to their balls

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Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

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Grape-Nuts sponsored Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd�s 1933 expedition to Antarctica,[9] which resulted in the first two-way radio transmission.[10] Maps of Admiral Byrd's expedition appeared on Grape-Nuts boxes at the time.[11]

# ¿ Jul 18, 2023 07:33

Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

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CW Post knew how to sell his product. He was the one of the first to sell packaged cereal in boxes and spent about one million dollars a year on advertisements, even back in 1906. When Grape-Nuts hit the market, the concept of cold breakfast food was something that Americans were only warming up to. Post went the extra mile to spread the word through recipe contests and coupons. He was also the first to introduce coupons in grocery shopping, giving away one-cent coupons that customers could redeem on their purchase of a Grape-Nuts box.

Only one other company had experimented with the this novel idea before Post did: Coca-Cola. The black syrup that was introduced by John Pemberton in a pharmacy in 1886 saw scanty sales until Asa Candler, a druggist, started giving free vouchers for the drink through magazines and newspapers (via Coupons). Like Candler, Post also succeeded in making his product popular with the masses by giving them the opportunity to save on their purchases.

Read More: https://www.mashed.com/371854/the-untold-truth-of-grape-nuts/

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Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

the equals sign rather than the hyphen in grape=nuts is bugging the poo poo out of me

Grape==Nuts Endorse The Police State

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The Andy Griffith show exists because of Grape-Nuts
The Andy Griffith Show
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Back in the 1950s, General Foods, which owned Grape-Nuts then, used to sponsor a show called The Danny Thomas Show. But they disassociated themselves with the show as it "depicted a discordant, urban family life" that did not do well with the brand's "wholesome family image" (via Grape-Nuts' official website). A certain character in the show, Sheriff Andy Taylor, featured as someone who held justice in the highest regard and was loved by all in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, became so popular that he warranted his own series.

breakfast cereals and fascism have always walked hand in hand

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Gravid Topiary: Feb 16, 2012

Chamale posted:

Hamsters can become pregnant from human sperm (with non-viable offspring)

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