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Want to win the 5-pound World's Largest Gummy Bear along with 18 other "curiously awesome" products from Vat19.com? Sure you do!

All you have to do to enter Vat19.com's Cyber Monday Mega Giveaway (worth over $325!) is sign up for our twice monthly newsletter. You can sign up here.

The giveaway includes the following 19 products. You know, because we're Vat19!

• World's Largest Gummy Bear (Blue Raspberry)
• Giant Gummy Bear...on a Stick (Green Apple)
• The Original Slush Mug (Red)
• Morris the Memo Holder (Charcoal)
• Hershey's Syrup Chocolate Scented Candle
• L'il DaVinci Store & Display Art Cabinet (8.5x11)
• Cassette Tape 4-Port USB Hub
• Crayon Coffee Mug (Custard Yellow)
• Nuscup Adjustable Measuring Cup & Scoop (Mini)
• Nuscup Adjustable Measuring Cup & Scoop (Standard)
• Money Clamp Front Pocket Wallet (Geneva Mesh)
• Guitar String Bracelet (Silver)
• TelePen Telescoping Keychain Pen
• Graviti Battery-Powered Pepper Mill
• Ambient Fire: The Ultimate Video Fireplace DVD
• Talking Photo Album
• BuckyBalls Magnetic Toy
• Operation Classic Game Pen
• Cash Stash Keychain Capsule

One email address will be chosen at random from all of the email addresses signed up for Vat19.com's newsletter. The drawing will take place at 5:00 PM CST on Cyber Monday (November 30, 2009). This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.

If you are already signed up for Vat19.com's newsletter, then you're already entered!

You know us, you love us, you buy from us. But do you know how we got our name? We get asked "What does Vat19 mean?" quite often, so we thought we'd address answering this question in a fun and unique way. That's just how we roll.

Below is a video we made of one possible answer to this Burning Question, but we want to know what YOU think Vat19 means. How do YOU think we got our name? Post a video response to our YouTube video or send us an email with your story. You never know, we just might send out cool prizes or coupon codes to those who submit awesome stories, so get creative!

To randomly choose the winner of Vat19.com's Curiously Awesome Back-to-School Giveaway, we added up the comments left on the giveaway post and the posts made to our Facebook discussion page and then went to a random number generator. Here's the result:

The winner of the giveaway is commenter number 54, Aura, who signed up for Vat19.com's bi-monthly email newsletter. (Yes, we verified the sign-up!) Congratulations, Aura!

Thank you to everyone who entered our contest!

Vat19.com is holding one heck of a back-to-school giveaway! These curiously awesome school supplies will turn anyone into the coolest kid in class. The prize package includes:

10-Pack of Regular Smencils Scented Pencils

Japanese Fast Food Erasers

Zoo Animal Rubber Bands

Jumbo Paper Clips

Cupcase Cupcake Holders (one of each color)

Etch-A-Sketch Game Pen

The Rules
This giveaway begins on Thursday, July 23, 2009 and will end at 11:59PM CST on Sunday, August 2, 2009. The winner will be randomly chosen and emailed on Monday, August 3. This giveaway is open to U.S. shipping addresses only.

How To Enter
Simply visit Vat19.com and pick out a curiously awesome gift that you'd like to give to someone. Post a comment letting us know who you'd give the gift to and why they'd love it.

Get More Entries!
To up your winning odds, you can do any of the following. Each action counts as a separate entry. Make sure you leave a comment letting us know what additional actions you've taken.

• Sign up for Vat19.com's bi-monthly newsletter. You can sign up here.


• Subscribe to the Vat19 blog feed.


• Blog about or link to this giveaway post from your blog(s). Let us know the address so that we can check it out.


• Become our fan on Facebook and post your favorite back-to-school memory on our discussion board here. You must post a comment in the discussion for the entry to count.

Well, we finally caved in and created a Vat19.com page on FaceSpace.

Check out our new Facebook page! You'll be able to see our newest and most popular product videos, find out about new products, and whatever other awesome randomness we decide to share with our "friends"!

Although we loved the topics that we were covering, it was time for us here at the Vat19.com blog to focus more on what we're good at: uncovering the most curiously awesome products around the world.

So, welcome to the new and improved blog of Vat19.com. Enjoy!