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DELICIOUS TIDBITS ABOUT COOKIES

Added on: 29th Jun 2016

 

MATT CUTTS, THE HEAD OF GOOGLE'S SPAM

TEAM WAS KNOWN AS THE "PORN COOKIE GUY"

BECAUSE HE BROUGHT HIS WIFE'S HOMEMADE

COOKIES AS A REWARD TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO

FOUND UNWANTED PORN IN THE GOOGLE

SEARCH RESULTS

Matt Cutts, the head of Google's spam team was known as the

 

 

CHINA DIDN'T HAVE FORTUNE COOKIES UNTIL 1993.

WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED, THEY WERE

MARKETED AS "GENUINE AMERICAN FORTUNE COOKIES".

China didn't have fortune cookies until 1993. When they were introduced, they were marketed as

 

 

DURING ONE OF CHINESE BASKETBALL PLAYER YAO

MING'S FIRST NBA GAMES, THE OPPOSING TEAM

(MIAMI HEAT) HANDED OUT FORTUNE COOKIES AS A

SORT OF JOKE. YAO, HOWEVER, HAD NEVER SEEN A

FORTUNE COOKIE BEFORE AND AS YOU MAY HAVE

GUESSED…HE THOUGHT THEY WERE AMERICAN

COOKIES. THE JOKE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT

During one of Chinese basketball player Yao Ming's first NBA games, the opposing team (Miami Heat) handed out fortune cookies as a sort of joke. Yao, however, had never seen a fortune cookie before and as you may have guessed...he thought they were American cookies. The joke didn't have the intended effect.

 

 

MARLBORO CIGARETTES, OREO COOKIES, AND MAC &

CHEESE WERE ALL OWNED BY PHILIP MORRIS

COMPANIES INC. UNTIL RECENTLY

Marlboro Cigarettes, Oreo cookies, and Mac & Cheese were all owned by Philip Morris Companies Inc. until recently

 

 

SHORTBREAD WAS CLASSIFIED AS A BREAD BY BAKERS

WHO DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX ON BISCUITS

Shortbread was classified as a bread by bakers who didn't want to pay the tax on biscuits

 

 

THE FOUNDER OF FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES, WALLY

AMOS, USED TO BE A TALENT AGENT WHO

ATTRACTED CLIENTS BY SENDING THEM

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

The founder of Famous Amos cookies, Wally Amos, used to be a talent agent who attracted clients by sending them chocolate chip cookies

 

 

OREO COOKIES ARE A KNOCK-OFF OF A PREVIOUS

BRAND, HYDROX. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HYDROX,

BECAUSE OF OREO'S SURGE TO POPULARITY, HYDROX

HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A KNOCK-OFF

INSTEAD OF VICE VERSA

Oreo cookies are a knock-off of a previous brand - Hydrox. Unfortunately for Hydrox, because of Oreo's surge to popularity, Hydrox has been accused of being a knock-off instead of vice versa

 

 

BECAUSE NOT MANY NIGERIAN CHILDREN ARE FAMILIAR

WITH COOKIES, SESAME STREET'S COOKIE MONSTER

IS CALLED ZOBI THE YAM MONSTER IN NIGERIA

(YAM IS A STAPLE FOOD THERE)

Because not many Nigerian children are familiar with cookies, Sesame Street's Cookie Monster is called Zobi the Yam Monster in Nigeria (yam is a staple food there)

 


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