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Friday, April 19, 2024
Here’s a trick question: How many ingredients are there in oatmeal?
One, right? OK, even if you count the oats and the water, that’s two. So… two at most, right?
Not when you get oatmeal at McDonald’s.
The fast-food chain, noted for making food that is very bad for you, has recently added oatmeal to its menu as a healthy option for customers in the United States.
During the SuperBowl, advertisers always run some really interesting or funny ads. Recently, some ads ran during the SuperBowl that have been creating some controversy.
The ads were for a company called Groupon. Groupon sells discounted tickets for events and products.
In one ad, well-known actor Timothy Hutton talks about Tibet. In Tibet, the people have faced many challenges such as lack of freedom to be an independent country.
You’re standing in front of a billboard. Suddenly, it changes and the screen displays an advertisement for fruit roll-ups, then one for the new Harry Potter movie, and then one for Monopoly. It’s almost as if the billboard knows what […]
Everyone knows that it’s healthier to eat fruits and veggies than it is to eat fast foods and junk food. But how do you get kids to eat the healthy stuff and avoid the foods that are bad for them? […]
A company called Aviointeriors has invented a new type of airline seat.
Don’t drink from those glasses, Don-keh! McDonald’s is recalling all of the “Shrek” glasses it sold recently, because the paint on them could make people sick. The paint contains cadmium, which could cause long-term health effects for people who drink […]
