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In the summer of 2018, readers expressed surprise and skepticism at widely-shared social media posts which suggested that Domino's — a company that makes pizza — had begun a project to pave over cracks and potholes on roads in the United States. On 12 June, Twitter user @GothicKingCobra posted a photo of what appeared to be fresh asphalt covering cracks in a pavement, with the Domino's logo and the words Oh yes we did stenciled on top of it. The post read: The tweet was later re-posted on Facebook. The photograph was earlier shared on Reddit by a user based in Delaware, but originally appeared in a CBS Philadelphia article on 11 June 2018. The image is authentic and was taken in Milford, Delaware. The Domino's paving project is real. In a press release on 11 June, the company wrote: Four cities and towns have already reached agreements with Domino's to receive funding for the roadworks: Burbank, California; Bartonville, Texas; Athens, Georgia; and Milford, Delaware. According to the company, the project has already filled forty potholes in Milford:
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