• KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    The Milky Way and the Mars bar were both created by the same person. And the Milky Way was created about 12 years earlier in Chicago. Forrest Mars went off to start his own Mars candy division in the UK after a fight with his dad.

    I had a client that had a Mars heir as a client, and knew they were based in the DMV. I was curious how an American candy company with a candy bar named after the family ended up being created in the UK.

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          23 days ago

          DMV stands for D.C./Maryland/Virginia in that context and refers to the D.C. metropolitan area.

          What you’re thinking of is the Eastern Shore peninsula, which is called Delmarva and is made up of parts of those three states.