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		triceratops on Oct 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no ret... Standard Oil => SO => Esso. Mind blown! I had no idea.

Tarsul on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

theres a great reportage on ARTE (for German/French only?!) about oil history: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/092970-001-A/oel-macht-geschic... (only til 20th of Oct)

splistud on Oct 7, 2021 | | [–]

Yep, and Esso + Humble became Exxon. Other parts turned into Mobil, Amoco, Marathon, Unocal and Texaco...

DemocracyFTW on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

(off to buy domain names efbe.com, effbee.com, ...)

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