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Natasha Reed (All rights reserved)
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Number of boxes of Girl Scout cookies sold by Jennifer Sharpe from February through March of 2008:
17,328
From February through March of 2008, Jennifer Sharpe, a Girl Scout from Dearborn, Michigan, sold 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, more than any other girl in Girl Scout history.
Source: Detroit News, 5/14/2008
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Anne Petersen (flickr 2008) Used with permission.
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Weight of Oreos which spilled out of a truck in Illinois when it overturned:
14 tons
On May 19, 2008, a truck carrying 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos overturned on a highway about 50 miles from Chicago, spilling the cookies into the roadway.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times, 5/20/2008
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Waffler (flickr 2005)
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Earliest known use of the word "cookie":
1730
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest-known use of the term "cookie" was in 1730
Source: Oxford English Dictionary (2d Ed.),
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Maria_Keays (flickr 2007)
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Nabisco introduces the Oreo:
April 2, 1912
On April 2, 1912, Nabisco announced that it was introducing something called the "Oreo Biscuit--two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream fillling at 30 cents per pound." Although it's unclear how the cookie got its name, some say it came from the Greek "oreo", meaning hill or mountain, because early oreos were piled high with cream.
Source: Food Processing, 10/1/2005
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