00:00It's been dunked, deep-fried, double-stuffed, blended into milkshakes, crushed into ice cream,
00:05and I'm pretty certain that astronauts would take them to the moon if NASA let them.
00:10But have you always wondered?
00:11The origin of Oreo.
00:13Now, the Oreo cookie was introduced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company.
00:18However, just like you twist open an Oreo, this story has a twist as well.
00:23Because Oreo is a copycat.
00:26What?
00:27That's right.
00:28Oreo was not the first mass-produced sandwich cookie.
00:32That was Hydrox.
00:34Remember me?
00:35No, I didn't think so.
00:37Hydrox hit the stores four years before Oreo.
00:40For years, Hydrox did sell more than Oreo.
00:43But decades of better Oreo marketing changed that.
00:46Hydrox is still around, but much harder to find.
00:50Oreo, meanwhile, it's everywhere.
00:51With more than 500 billion cookies sold worldwide.
00:56Always wondered, stream it now, wherever you get your podcasts.
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