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Jason English
It’s Reader Appreciation Day!
by Jason English - October 14, 2008 - 10:18 PM

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Ever since you guys helped drive The Mental Floss History of the World from #145,000 on the Amazon bestseller list to #20 last week, Mangesh and I have been talking about how lucky we are to have such loyal readers. So from time to time, we’ll be holding impromptu ‘Reader Appreciation Day(s)’ to give something back—in most cases, something small and quirky that you definitely did not ask for.

The first readers we’ll be showering with appreciation: Jenny and Rachael! During the last Friday Happy Hour, both expressed how much they missed Rice Krispies Treats cereal, which (apparently) isn’t sold in their local supermarkets. But yesterday, on a trip to Acme in Morris Plains, New Jersey, I found two boxes. So Jenny and Rachael, consider them yours. I’ll be in touch about how you can claim your prizes.

Thanks to everyone for spending some of their days or nights with us here on mentalfloss.com. We’ll be on the lookout for future Reader Appreciation Day openings.

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Comments (6)

  1. This is pretty much one of the sweetest things ever.

    How thoughtful!

    posted by nikki on 10-14-2008 at 5:34 pm

  2. I miss having a house that is worth the price I paid for it…

    posted by Doofus on 10-14-2008 at 5:51 pm

  3. I’m LOVING that banner.

    posted by stacy on 10-15-2008 at 8:09 am

  4. You guys are absolutely the greatest. This just made my day on so many levels, I’m forwarding this blog entry around to everyone I know. At the very least you’ll get a ton more blog readers out of it and hopefully some more subscribers!

    I love you, mental_floss!

    posted by Rachael on 10-16-2008 at 2:12 pm

  5. No way. No way!

    I agree – you guys are the absolute greatest!

    posted by Jenny on 10-16-2008 at 4:05 pm

  6. I miss that cereal also… it’s not sold in California and I don’t know anyone who lives on the East Coast but I think you can order it online.

    Another one I like that is hard to find is Berry Berry Kix and I have to get those at Super Target, not just regular Target, but the Super Target.

    posted by Sarah on 1-18-2009 at 12:05 am

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