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Except it was originally called "Marathon"...
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@HootyTheNightOwl Only in the UK and Ireland.
@ninalanyon Still don't make it any less true...
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@HootyTheNightOwl It was created in 1930 in the US under the name Snickers, apparently the name of a favourite horse. So Marathon was not its original name, just the one it was marketed under when it came to the UK. Apparently the UK arm of Mars was concerned that Snickers rhymes with knickers.