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Review: 1985 NOAA Weather Radio Pamphlet
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Our information ambassador, Pokey the Pigeon, was handing out anti-AI brochures at the local mall recently when a group of teenagers mistook him for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s sinister, owl-based weather mascot, Owlie Skywarn. It was weird—none of us had ever heard of Owlie before. Curious about this odd cousin of our […]

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Review: Plankton, United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1966
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Vintage Forest Service Pamphlets and Brochures from the 1970s & 1980s
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Review: Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the Office of Strategic Services, 1944

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Review: Home Freezing of Fruits and Vegetables by the USDA Science and Education Administration, 1978

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New York City Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market Prices 1969 by the Department of Information
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