Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? - eviltoast
    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      Just googled it out of curiosity:

      Our smarties is because those ones hadn’t made it over from the UK yet, so it got the “I was called that first” power

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          3 months ago

          So those are actually the exact same thing, apparently

          More googling lead to the smarties Wikipedia page, which says the Dee family also owns Swizzles Marlow, and the first product on their page? Refreshers, bi-concave candy disks!