Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Facts about Cheerios in their 70th year

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — —One in every eight boxes of all cereal sold in the U.S. are Cheerios.

—More than 10 shapes and sizes were considered before the current "o."

—It would take 3,155,524,416 Cheerios to circle the Earth

—General Mills sold 1.8 million cases (each containing 12 boxes) in the first year, 1941.

—Cheerios are made with same "puffing gun" technology used to create Kix cereal in 1937. Balls of dough are heated and …

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