• BananaPeal
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    391 month ago

    Fun fact: the Mars bar is marketed as a Milky Way in the U.S. There was a Mars bar in the U.S., but it had almonds. It has since been rebranded as Snickers Almond.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 month ago

      The Milky Way and the Mars bar were both created by the same person. And the Milky Way was created about 12 years earlier in Chicago. Forrest Mars went off to start his own Mars candy division in the UK after a fight with his dad.

      I had a client that had a Mars heir as a client, and knew they were based in the DMV. I was curious how an American candy company with a candy bar named after the family ended up being created in the UK.

        • @toynbee
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          61 month ago

          They didn’t, they’re just in the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia area.

          • @[email protected]
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            131 month ago

            DMV stands for D.C./Maryland/Virginia in that context and refers to the D.C. metropolitan area.

            What you’re thinking of is the Eastern Shore peninsula, which is called Delmarva and is made up of parts of those three states.

    • @seth
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      41 month ago

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      • morriscox
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        11 month ago

        FYI: Tums is chalk. :)