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Oreos have officially gone rogue
From horchata to hot chicken wings, Nabisco’s R&D team is out of pocket. We investigated. We've also got the story of a life-changing letter that never arrived and a better question to ask about happiness.
Greg Sullivan
June 26, 2025
🍪 Oreo’s flavor lab needs to calm all the way down
Come on, Nabisco, let these people relax!
Like the brilliant scientists in Jurassic Park, the folks at Oreo were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. <slams fist on table>
The Selena Gomez-inspired horchata Oreo? Which is a real thing. A cookie themed after a person. It’s a thing that really happened. We’ll concede this one. It works! Instant classic.
But then there’s the Swedish Fish Oreo. One unlucky reviewer described it as having “a slightly off-putting finish of waxy gelatin.” Yikes.
And the Oreo flavored Oreo? You’re messing with us, right?
Turns out, Oreos are like Jurassic Park movies. Some hits, some wild misses, and the original is best! We sorted the icons from the crimes, and you can get the whole list in the full article.
Which of these oreo flavors is fake?It was hard to find a plausable Oreo flavor that hasn't actually been done, but we tried our best! Can you spot the imposter? |
Random aside: I learned that Nabisco used to be the National Biscuit Company. Who knew?!
📨 John Lennon wrote him a letter, and… it got lost in the mail
The letter took 🎶the long and winding road🎶!
National Beatles Day? That was 🎶 yesterday 🎶. If you missed it (or thought NBD meant No Big Deal), spin up some of their classic vinyl today. Better late than never, right? Which is probably how Steve Tilston feels, daily.
Being rich doesn't change your experience in the way you think.
Back in 1971, after Tilston, a British singer-songwriter, had his first brush with success, he worried that success might ruin his music. John Lennon, uniquely qualified to weigh in, wrote him a letter packed with wisdom, wit, and even his personal phone number. It was heavy wisdom, but light on postage. Tilston never got it. He didn’t even know the letter existed until decades later.
In 2005, a collector reached out to Tilston to verify a letter he’d picked up in the U.S. was legit. By then, Lennon had been gone for 25 years, but the message still landed. It even inspired a Hollywood film starring Al Pacino.
📈 “When are we happiest?” is only half the question
We keep asking “when”, turns out the better question might be “where”.
We’ve all heard the clichés: wild 20s, golden 60s. But happiness doesn’t always follow the birthday candles. It shifts by country, community, and even zip code.
In the U.S., joy tends to spike around 30 and again after 70. But that’s changing. Gen Z and Millennials are experiencing midlife crises before 40, largely due to rising costs, climate anxiety, and career stagnation. Meanwhile, young people in places like Lithuania and Serbia are thriving more than ever before.
Turns out, location and support networks matter way more than candles on your cake. And one Harvard study spanning 86 years says giving back might be the ultimate happiness hack.
💬From the group text…
Shakespeare in a Southern accent? Delightful. Shakespeare as a Midwestern mom trying to stay polite while eviscerating you? Legendary. This actress understood the assignment. “I do desire that we may be better strangers… dontchaknow.”
Until tomorrow, may all your emails arrive on time and be double-stuffed with happiness.