Fruity Pebbles begin as grains of white rice?!
Many cereals are magnetic because of the iron they contain.
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There aren't actually any nuts in Honey Nut Cheerios. The "natural almond flavor" comes from crushed up peach pits.
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Fruity Pebbles begin as grains of white rice, which are then colored, flattened into flakes, and puffed back up.
Thurl Ravenscroft, the man who sang, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, was also the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials.
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The idea for Lucky Charms came when General Mills employee John Holahan put pieces of circus peanuts in his Cheerios, discovering a special marshmallow + cereal combination.
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A woman once sued PepsiCo upon discovering that Cap'n Crunch's crunch berries aren't real fruit. The case was dismissed because the judge said it's "common sense."
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Despite being different colors, all Froot Loops are the same flavor.
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In 1999, General Mills sold a limited edition Cheerios cereal called "Millenios." The brown sugar sweetened cereal included pieces shaped like the number two.
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Corn flakes were originally created to reduce masturbation. John Harvey Kellogg believed a diet of certain foods, like his corn flakes, could curb one's sexual desires.
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Cookie Crisp was originally manufactured by Purina, the pet food company.
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Honey Bunches of Oats were created in 1986 when Vernon Herzing and his daughter were mixing cereals. They mixed granola bunches, corn flakes, and honey, a combination that led to the cereal you know today.
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The Frosted Flakes mascot could've been Katy the Kangaroo, but Tony the Tiger outsold her.
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When it was first released, Franken Berry cereal was causing people to have pink poop.
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One time The Rock made fun of John Cena's brightly colored shirts, comparing him to a bowl of Fruity Pebbles. This led to Fruity Pebbles replacing Fred Flintstone with John Cena on 4 million boxes of cereal.
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Of all the different Lucky Charms marshmallows, the only ones that've been there from the start are the pink hearts.
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In New England, there was a brief stretch where the Lucky Charms mascot was changed from Lucky the Leprechaun to Waldo the wizard. Eventually, they brought Lucky back.
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And finally, in the '80s there was a Nerds cereal and like with the candy, each box offered two different flavors.
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