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The Top Twenty Interesting Facts About Milton Hershey.

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Milton Hershey created the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania and built a Phianthropic Organization to help the less fortunate.

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Hershey Pennsylvaina see more than 30 million guests per year. Report Abuse
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chloe and chanelle are the best people in the world
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I am doing a report on Pennsylvania and this website really helped
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that is a lot of people
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I went to Hershey pennslyvania
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I love chcolate I wish I could me him
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I am doing a project on Milton Hershey and this website helped a lot!
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I know more than you guys because I have been studying him
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Milton Hershey was a great guy
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I wish I could see Milton Hershey so I can ask him how he came up with Hershey's and how he made it
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we are at school doing work
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in his town he had lamp posts shaped like hershey kisses
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Did anyone know that Milton and his girlfriend almost went of the Titanic?
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donuts are yummy
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i love dogs and stuff
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Did you know that militants mouther and farther where not very close to each other and loving to each other
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yum
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That is a lot of people
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Milton Hershey wasn't able to have kids of his own so he adopted
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Milton died at the age of 88 from pneumonia it a thing that affects your lungs
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I WHANT CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Milton Hershey droped out of school
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milton hershy was born in garmaney
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did you know that milton hershey started school at the age of 6 years old and finished at fourth grade
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ya that is a lot
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thats a lot
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awesome
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cool
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Milton Hershey died Oct 13 1945
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Me too I wish I lived back in the days and helped him so I can eat whenever I want
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I WISH I COULD VISIT MILTON HERSHEY SO I COULD THANK HIM FOR CREATING THE YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY CHOCOLATE
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nice
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thank you
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that is a lot of people that come to p.a
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Hershey was asked by the government to create a chocolate bar for military rations. Report Abuse
The chocolate bar had extra vitamins and minerals and was put into every field rations kit.
83 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 11 comments
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Because everybody loves chocolate! :D
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wow
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true if the military is out of food during war they have spare just in case.
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That is amazing!
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that is awsome
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AWESOME!
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kitty sweeny
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That is so nice
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He helped us win world war 2
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It did happen though
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this is stupid
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The Hershey's never had a child of their own but, dedicated their lives to other children Report Abuse
They built a school for orphans that started with 2 boys in 1909, by 1918 $60 million dollars was dedicated for the school which has had thousands of children educated there over the years.
73 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 11 comments
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catherine sweeny died three years after they broke up.
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Milton Hershey sold his first bar of chocolate on 1904 I'm reading the biography!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kitty's real name is Catherine Sweeny. THIS FACT IS TRUE!
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Thats nice of Heryshey i hope they wont go bank rupt
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i dont think his wife was nicnamed kitty...
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100% true!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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awsome
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His wife was nicknamed Kitty :)
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is this fact true?
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Actually you are wrong. It WAS 2 people starting. They were not only brothers, but twins
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They housed and educated 4 orphan boys before all the others, not just 2.
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During the Great Depression not one of his employees lost their jobs. Report Abuse
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crazy cool
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Now that's what I call a good fact... I'm doing a project at school and it's really boring. This'll make it interesting! P.S. Why does this thing get you to do math? I just use a calculator - not bothered to do it in my head!!
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really impressive allot of people lost jobs
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In the early 1900's chocolate was too expensive for the average person to buy. Report Abuse
Hershey's goal was to make a chocolate bar everyone could afford.
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I am doing a project at school this website helped me a lot! Thanks!
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ACTUALLY THIS IS WRONG ITS SUPPOSED TO SAY "It was made for only the WEALTHY"
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That's so cool
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milton also made ice cream and caramels
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whoa! jeezzzz
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Back in the day, chocolate was not just an ordinary treat. It was a special treat for the good. Milton Hershey changed chocolate history!
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Interesting?
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Thank u for this info I am doing kinda like a project so this helped I think
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That was nice info! :)
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awesome
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His first candy factory was the Lancaster Carmel Company. Report Abuse
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Oils love chocolate:3
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he experimented with candy for a couple of years.
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He actually had many trial and error with his first 3 candy factories.
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right:)
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yes its true
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is this true
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He built a factory in the middle of Pennyslvania so he could have fresh milk from the cows. Report Abuse
However there was no place for the workers to live. So Hershey built a town were his workers could live.
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typo in pennsylvania
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Hershey made his own milk at "The Homestead" in Lancaster, PA
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First person in Lancaster to buy the first automobile. $2,000 was the price. Report Abuse
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that was realy expensive back then
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Milton at first had owned the lancaster company!
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Hi
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first automobile then that should be cheap/500
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cool I guess?
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Milton Hershey had paid off his his first class ticket on the Titanic but cancelled due to a business meeting. Report Abuse
Nobody knows this but is 100% true.
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I love Milton I am doing a project / fair on him
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Whaaaaaaat?😉
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not true
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so am I he didn't go on the titantic
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This is not TRUE... Milton canceled his trip to care for his wife Cathrine Sweeny or Kitty got sick. Even though it says 100% true... it's not. I am doing a social studies fair project on Milton Hershey.
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He was the best chocolate master ever!!!!!!!!
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his wife was sick! thats what it was...
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They would been on the titanic the time it sank and might of not of been able to survive it Especially with kitty's condition.
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no it is not i am doing a paper on Milton Hershey and his life for my culinary program and i have not read any thing regarding a meeting it was only kitty getting sick
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Not true kitty got sick
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True. True.
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but i could also be that kitty his wife got sick
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it wasnt due to a business meeting, it was because his wife was too sick
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i read this in a book its true.
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That is so cool I just did a pirjects on it
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it was true I read about it.
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Thank you for this. This might make my protect exciting.
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this is amzing
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His wife got sick, not a business meeting! :( This is false
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He canceled because his wife Cathrine Sweeney, got sick and they cancelled their plans
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good
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Good or else he would of died
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Yeah
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his wife was ill .... it wasn't because of a business meeting
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his wife was ill he didnt have to go a bisness meeeting
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He cancelled it because Kitty got sick and could not go
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After failing at the printers his Mother got him a job at an ice cream store making candy. Report Abuse
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he dropped his straw hit in the printer. so it goy busted. True fact :)
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it was a ice cream and candy store
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That's nice of his mom 😊
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i know right that's wierd
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Why was an ice cream shop making candy.....?
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The Hershey's built a mansion called High Point for them to live in. Report Abuse
It still stands today but, houses the Hershey Trust Company
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When his wife, Catherine (Kitty) died, he donated all but the two room appartment on the top floor to be the clubhouse for the Hershey Country Club.
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He found he had a knack for making candy and left the ice cream shop. Report Abuse
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thanks :)
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In 1907 the Hershey's Kiss was introduced. Report Abuse
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thats so cool
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WOW DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
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acual 1900 hershey kiss was invented
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Hershey had his own sugar plantation in Cuba. Report Abuse
He lost a great deal of money with sugar bought from merchants. He went to Cuba and started growing and processing sugar from there.
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That's cool
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did you know: Coco-Cola bought alot of its sugar from that plantation. TRUE FACT!! :)
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cool
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Did you now that the orginal wreapper for the hershey bar was light blue and white cursive letters Report Abuse
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That is weird like totes
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False that never happend
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so cool thank you but you spelled wrapper wrong :)
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miltons mom hated his father so much Report Abuse
miltons mom fanny hated miltons dad henry so much that on the lancaster directory it said fanny was a widow when fanny and henry were still married and henry wasnt even dead yet! they eventually spilt up after wards
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wierd
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Akward
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Today Hershey is a household name. Report Abuse
Their efforts to make chocolate affordable to everyone has paid off.
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(Yawn) boring
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Hershey Pennsylvania started at the corner of Cocoa Avenue and E. Chocolate Avenue. Report Abuse
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it's very true
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Wikapedia is not a really reliable source
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true i read a book about it
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That is true, I looked it up on Wikipedia.
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not true
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there are street lamps that look like hershey kisses on the top Report Abuse
really! I saw a picture of one!!!
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he attended 6 schools befofre he completed fourth grade Report Abuse
because thats unbeilevible
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and I thought was bad at class
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before he completed 4th grade.. like he was so smart he did not go to all the other grades? also you spelt before wrong
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It's a good thing making chocolate doesn't involve math! ;)
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who cares
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8 years of school and 7 different schools
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That is sad but true. His family moved around a lot!
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wow that was helpful thanks
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wow...
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thats kind of sad
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wow
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dammmm
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WOW
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he spelled before wrong
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Today, Hershey's chocolate factory is still the largest manufacturer of chocolate in the world. Report Abuse
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I know people who don't like chocolate but I like It
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I love chocolate!!!!!!!!! I have a friend who hates any kind of chocolate
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Yes!!!
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I LOVE HERSHEY CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!
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no duh!!!!
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He only went to school until he was 13 and then became a printer's apprentice. Report Abuse
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He kept dropping out of school so he only got a fourth grade education but he was 13. Also he was small for his age.
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At that time you started school later.
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THATS WRONG HE LEFT SCHOOL AT FOURTH GRADE(AGE 10)😱
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this is wrong
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He went to school until 4th grade!
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cool
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He dropped out at age 14 and became an apprentice to a confectioner named Joseph Royer
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nuh uh!!!!!!
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He was thirteen
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He only got a fourth grade education. I just read a bioagraphy on him.
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Actually he was 15 not 13
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He became a printer's apprentice as a 5th grade student, not when he was 13.
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Milton Hershey tried many times to start a business but, lost all his money. Report Abuse
Friends and family loaned him money and they lost their money too.
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that is so stinking sad
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that's sad :-(
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A Thriving Business As one of his early bunissenesses, Hershey decided to open his own candy shop, selling some of his early creations such as peppermints and fudge. Report Abuse
THIS IS TRUE
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You're right. This is true!
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Could but nope
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During a trip to Chicago he happened to see how chocolate was made. Report Abuse
This is how Hershey's chocolate got it start.
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Thx. I already knew this but, kind of forgot it. I am doing a project at school on Milton Hershey.
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this is soo true and thank you for telling me this because i am doing a project at school about Milton Hershey so this is very helpful thank you!
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He tried one last time in Pennsylvania and finally started making money. Report Abuse
Fresh milk was the secret to the success of his candy.
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His first candy business failed so he moved to Denver, Colorado to try again. Report Abuse
He failed in Colorado, Chicago, New Orleans and New York.
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get spell check
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He moved theren because his dad wanted him to come and try gold paning...
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Yep. Your right.
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Harry Burnett Reese Report Abuse
Because people should know that Harry Burnett Reese was the real founder of the Reese Peanut Butter cup.
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I used to work for the H.B. Reese Candy Co. Milton Hershey did NOT invent the Peanut Butter cup. Sorry to disappoint you. The Hershey Company Bought the Reese Factory from H.B. Reese, hence why the wrapper says manufactured by Hershey Company.
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no! Hershey made Reese's! The books don't lie people! Also my Mom read the word Hershey on the back of the wrapper of a Reese's candy. That's PROOF!!!
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Milton gave the Hershey's kiss its name when he heard the plopping sound it made when it hit the conveyor belt Report Abuse
It is true
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My Mom puts Hershey Kisses in my lunch everyday for lunch (or snack) I usually eat them at snack cause I love chocolate!
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It kind of made a kissing sound right?
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thats cool
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Miltion was still working hard in his 80s. Report Abuse
😜
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There is a hidden kiss in the Hershey's Kisses logo Report Abuse
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The most popular candy is resses peanut butter cup. Report Abuse
Most people think it is the Hershey Bar.
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No it is the reeses peanut butter cup. Hershey didn't create the bar it was Harry Burnett Reese my great great great grandfather
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his company created those
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Not about Milton Hershey
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did you know that milton hershey & his wife had reserved spots on the titanic but then kitty got sick so they did not go
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No it is The Reeses Pieces because it was in E.T.
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Gosh do you have to be so critical
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I never knew that, but you spelled " reeses" wrong
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I thought it was the Hershey bar too!!!!
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bitch was nigga Report Abuse
niggers
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Over the years the Hershey company has bought a lot of other candies like twizzlers and jolly ranchers Report Abuse
It tells you Hershey also bought candy and also made
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Milton Hersh for 2016 Prez Report Abuse
because he would be a grand president
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Mr. Hershy did not make the M&M Report Abuse
The real makers of the M&M was Mars and Merry. Then they lend Mr. Hershy to make the candy from then on
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Milton hershey was a man Report Abuse
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I used too think it wasnt
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wow its official ; ]
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cool:)
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oh i didnt know that not
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I could not tell
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WOW I DIDNT KNOW THAT :p
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No duh
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history is no lame
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well nah
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I know that
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It's true
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Duh
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That was really helpful!!!!! Thank you SOOO much!
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This is the worst fact ever.
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that is realy interesting NOT!!!!!!!!!!
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LAME!
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awesome
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not interesting at all
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of course
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such a surprise
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I never would have guessed
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you are so right you helped me finish my milton hershey poster!
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Milton Hershey's name was Milton Hershey Report Abuse
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His first name was Milton Report Abuse
Becase it is very interesting :)
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what!!!!!!
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cool
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he made chocolate Report Abuse
Hershey CHOCOLATE
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that helps
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dum fact
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every body knows that
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wow that helps
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duh
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Hershey Chocolate is ver yummy Report Abuse
I never knew this until I tried mars bars.
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I love chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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nah bro
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wow
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ya ive eaten it
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Utterly stupid.
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Some people don't like choclate
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....Matter of opinion
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I all ready know that dummy!!!!!!!!!
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wow.....really....uhhhh....interesting i think..
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