Fun Peep Facts!

Did you know:

• Peeps have a lot of sugar in them.
  
• Peeps taste very good. (or bad, there are arguments for both sides)
  
• If you eat too many peeps, you will die young.
  
• The shelf life of a peep is fourteen years. In ancient egypt, after Seven years of excess and the seven years of famine, Pharoah was still snacking on peeps from a crate that Potiphar gave Joseph. Its in the Bible!
• Peeps burn very well. Just think, all the energy released by that fire could be coursing through your veins.
  
• The germans used peeps during world war II as a substitute for napalm. It's stickier, and tastier, but easier to extinguish.
  
• Peeps come in many shapes and colors:
  
  • Birds
    • white (These are elusive; they descend from velociraptors.)
    • classic yellow
    • pretty pink
    • purple
    • blue
  • Bunnies (nearly same colors, they have a big one, too)
  • GIANT Bunnies (equivalent to 3.69047619048 peeps)
  • Elusive Pumpkins (very rare, they were hunted to extinction by the pilgrims)
  • And at Christmas, you can get Green and Pink Santas and Christmas trees.
• Marathon runners often store peeps for months so they have plenty before a race. Peeps give them the staying power to go the long haul.
  
• All peeps are made in one factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
  
• The brown peep eyes are made of tar. There is one little old lady whose sole responsibility is the eyes.
  
• The majority of the peep making company is run by little old ladies.
  
• The name of the company that makes Peeps is "Just Born".
  
• According to an unfunded private survey,* Just Born treats its employees slightly better than another prominent candy manufacturing company. This gives them the moral highground.
  *Survey canvassed all of 1 employees, 1 employee responded.
  
• Just born once marketed the product as green frogs by the name of "Peepers," but there was a mix-up, and instead of being coated with cane sugar, they were coated with the poisonous secretions of cane toads.
  
• My good friend Jen's Grandmother lives in the town of peep origin.
  
• She does not, however, work at the holy peep plant.
  
• As far as we know.