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food This Weekend’s Best Amazon Deals Include Cookbooks, Kombucha Kits, and Air Purifiers As a recurring feature, our team combs the web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, June 6. Mental Floss has affiliate relationships with certain retailers, including Amazon, and may receive a small percentage of any sale. But we only get commission on items you buy and don’t return, so we’re only happy if you’re happy. Good luck deal hunting! Written by mentalfloss June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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