TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, March 7, 2016

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I didn't realize that yesterday was National Oreo Cookie Day. Did you know that more than 450 billion Oreos have been sold in 100 countries since their debut in 1912?

If you laid them side-by-side, the cookies would wrap around the equator 382 times. I would like to follow that trail of cookies!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last."

HINT: (1850-1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer.

RANDOM TIDBITS
The first Oreo cookie was made in 1912 at the original Nabisco bakery in New York City. The factory is now located in Chelsea Market.

Two flavors originally debuted in 1912 - original and lemon meringue.

The origin of the name Oreo is unknown, but the leading theory is the name was derived from the French word "or", meaning gold. The early packaging was a gold tin.

According to Nabisco, it takes 59 minutes to make a single Oreo.

Oreos were sold by weight when they first came out, about 30 cents a pound. Now they retail for about $3.50 for a package of 24-30 cookies.

The traditional Oreo's cookie-to-cream ratio is 71 percent cookie, 29 percent cream, according to Time magazine. Oreos also come in Double Stuf and Mega Stuf varieties.

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With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last."

ANSWER: Robert Louis Stevenson.

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