10 Facts About Today

#1 - Oreos | March 6, 2020

Episode Summary

How Long does it take to make an Oreo? How many Oreos have been sold? Does the way you eat an Oreo predict your personality traits? Today is National Oreo Day and we're celebrating by sharing 10 delicious facts about Oreos.

Episode Notes

March 6th, 2020 - 10 Delicious Facts About Oreo’s

Today is National Oreo Day.

1. “Double” Stuf Oreos are a lie. They are actually 1.86 times more stuf-ed than a regular oreo.
2. More than 123,000 tons of Oreo creme is made each year.
3. It takes 59 minutes to make a single Oreo.
4. Sugar and Fat contents make them as addictive as cocaine.
5. An artist uses a toothpick to make tiny pieces of artwork on Golden Oreos. She uses novelty Oreo cookies from over the years for color.
6. 500 Billion Oreos have been sold. That’s enough to give every person in the world 66 cookies or wrap them around the earth 381 times.
7. Oreos weren’t the original cookies and creme treat. “Hydrox” was and it went to market 4 years earlier.
8. They are accidentally vegan.
9. They were originally sold by weight, not by the package.
10. Kraft foods surveyed 2000 people and found that dunkers tend to be energetic, adventurous, and social; twisters are sensitive, emotional, artistic, and trendy; and biters are easy-going, self-confident, and optimistic.

Important links:

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Oreo Soaking for 3 Minutes: https://youtu.be/fv2DThmPcmY