A Mars A Day
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A Mars A Day
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 2 Sep 2013
Slough has been the home of Mars bars since 1932 when Forrest Mars and 12 staff opened their first factory. Now a global product, it all started here in Slough. Did you know there was a Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Mars Bar? Or that the label on the Mars Chill Bar turns from white to blue if it's cooled? Did you even know Forrest Mars was a person? (actually, that seems the most surprising) All this and more fascinating Martian facts on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28chocolate_bar%29 Forrest Mars died in 1999, leaving a fortune of around $4billion. His three children inherited the company.
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