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Fun Facts - Did You Know?
Fortune cookies were virtually unknown in Asia until 1993 when the Wonton Food Co. opened a factory in China. The project, however, was short-lived.
Fortune cookies were originally made by hand using chopsticks. In 1964, Edward Louie of San Francisco's Lotus Fortune Cookie Company, automated the process by creating a machine that folds the dough and slips in the fortune.
Today, the world's largest fortune cookie manufacturer, Wonton Food Inc. of Long Island City, Queens ships out 60 million cookies a month.
Fortune cookies were invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.
Canadians will eat, on average, six fortune cookies each year.
Fortune cookies became common in Chinese restaurants after World War II. Since desserts were not traditionally part of Chinese cuisine, the cookies offered Americans something familiar with an exotic flair.
Only 21% of people refuse to eat fortune cookies.
97% of people given a fortune cookie will read their fortune.
67% of those fortunes get read aloud to the people they're eating with.
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