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The secret society of people who know the WD-40 formula

Mark Frauenfelder
Jan 27, 2026
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WD-40 (Benedek Alpar/shutterstock.com)

There’s a club in San Diego more exclusive than the Soho House and harder to get into than Harvard. It requires a special key, confidentiality agreements, passage through a bank vault, and typically an executive position. The only privilege is knowing the secrets of the world’s most famous lubricant, reports the Wal…

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