A couple of years ago, I was driving down a busy downtown street when I saw the local Franz bakery outlet was now called Bimbo Bakery. I thought to myself, “Wow! Someone did not think about this before they put it in print. Who would name a place that?! In time, I realized that the store I saw was not a one-hit phenomenon, but a chain that had bought out Franz. Who was Bimbo and why, oh why on earth, were they called Bimbo of all things?

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Cider making has been in production for centuries. When water was scarce or contaminated, cider was the go-to drink. When wine was the same old, same old, cider was a nice refreshing change. Over time, cider became the redheaded stepchild of fermented beverages since it was not really beer, not quite wine, and definitely not a spirit. That is, until 2011, when Angry Orchard came on the scene with an innovative interpretation of hard cider.

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What does breastfeeding have to do with your favorite chocolate treat? A lot more than you might think. One of the biggest players in the food industry built their empire on the need some women had for a substitute for breast milk. Fast forward 150 years, and this company now owns hundreds of iconic brands across many categories—and is still growing.

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Real Fact #722: The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.

Since 2002, real fact #722, along with thousands of other “real facts,” can be found when you twist off a Snapple bottle cap. Yet, long before Snapple “real facts” became “disputed facts,” they were simply a juice company trying to join the natural food movement.

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