TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Yesterday was the Oreo cookie's 100th birthday. Mmmm, Oreo cookies are my favorite. I don't ever buy them because I will eat a whole package in one sitting. In order to celebrate this iconic cookie's big day, I have some fun facts for you about Oreos! First, I have for you the slogans for Oreos over the years:

1950: "Oh! Oh! Oreo!"
1980: "For the Kid in All of Us."
1982: "America's Best Loved Cookie."
1982: "The One and Only."
1986: "Who's the Kid with the Oreo Cookie?"
1990: "Oreo, the Original Twister."
2004: "Milk's Favorite Cookie."

Keep on reading for more fun facts, and happy birthday, Oreo!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

HINT: (1937-), American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The first Oreo cookie was embossed with a thin wreath on the outer edge, with the Oreo name on the plain surface in the middle.

Oreo is the world's favorite cookie and the best-selling cookie brand of the 21st century, with $1.5 billion in global annual revenues.

Oreo has a street named after it - Oreo Way - formerly known as West 15th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in New York City, where the first Oreo cookie was made at the original Nabisco bakery.

Kraft Foods is the proud custodian of Oreo, and Oreo is
one of the company's 12 "billion-dollar" brands.

Oreo cookies are most popular (in order) in the United States, China, Venezuela, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, Spain, Central America and the Caribbean, UK and Argentina.

The Oreo cookie was "born" in 1912, the same year the South Pole was discovered and the Titanic sank. The first Oreo cookie was sold in Hoboken, NJ, where Oreo was originally packaged in bulk tins and sold by weight.

(Source: examiner.com)


VIDEO CLIP
Oreo Moment Rap
Sometimes you just can't help expressing the way you feel about your favorite snack. This clip features a guy rapping about his incredible hunger for Oreo cookies.

Watch It Now: Oreo Moment Rap


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

ANSWER: Robert Redford.

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