→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut A Lesson in Failure: The Rise of the Mars Candy Company https://youtu.be/WJJ4ORIGFXA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0HjtNM-IuWjliZeLoLVNan What Napoleon had to do with the Invention of Margarine https://youtu.be/uAuz4CJdg_A?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0HjtNM-IuWjliZeLoLVNan In this video: A popular chocolate cup filled with delicious peanut butter, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were created by a man named Harry Burnett (H.B.) Reese. Reese was born May 24, 1879 in Pennsylvania to a farming family. He married in 1900 and went on to have sixteen children. (Yes, 16!) By 1903, not surprisingly, he was struggling to support his growing family, so took on all manner of jobs from butcher to factory worker. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/the-history-of-reeses-peanut-butter-cups/ Sources: http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/reese.html. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLDF6qZUX0 http://www.nndb.com/people/764/000163275/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese's_Peanut_Butter_Cups http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/experience/facts.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._B._Reese http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/MAIN/candy/old/history-of-peanut-butter.asp http://www.examiner.com/list/top-5-recipes-for-i-love-reese-s-day-on-may-18 Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-151458791/stock-photo-south-carolina%2C-usa-oct-2016-editorial-image-of-reeses-peanut-butter-cup-candy-background-peanut-butter-cups-are-a-favorite-snack-food-in-the-usa-and-are-used-in-a-lot-of-dessert-recipes https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-7504326/stock-photo-%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B