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Oreo cookies are known in a large part of the world. And they are very good. Its fame is such that there are already Oreo cakes, Oreo chocolate bars, and so on. In this article we are going to tell you a lot of data about these famous cookies that are sure to surprise you.

1. The best-selling cookie in the world
This cookie was created in 1912 in a bakery and nobody could imagine then that they would end up being the best sellers in the world.
Who has not tried them?

2. Addictives like cocaine
A controversial study conducted by the University of Connecticut with mice ended up stating that the Oreo were as addictive as cocaine, since they activate more neurons of the pleasure center than the same drug.

3. A lawyer denounced them, demanding that minors be prohibited
This is a California lawyer who, in plain sight, lost the lawsuit.
His idea was that the cookies were equated to cigarettes or alcohol and that its sale to minors was forbidden, since the high trans fat content would contribute to the development of bad cholesterol and other health problems. Although the lawyer lost the claim, after this, the brand got rid of part of these fats.

4. A machine to separate the cookies
Those of us who have tried to separate these cookies have once checked that they can easily break. A physicist named David Neevel built a machine, nothing practical by the way, that allows you to open the cookies to eat the cream separately.

5. Local Oreos
There are regions where biscuits are adapted to local tastes and culinary customs as in the case of Argentina where limited editions of Oreo with dulce de leche have been sold .
In the year 1991 a limited orange edition was created for the celebration of Halloween.

6. The new Oreo: churros
The Oreo churros have recently been created and will be introduced as a novelty in US theaters for summer. This product comes from the collaboration of Mondelez with J & J Snack Foods.

7. The failed attempt of Oreo toothpaste
It did not get very far, it is visible, but it was created. Of course, we do not know very well who the idea was.