Think Pink - InventHelp® Honors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As you stroll through stores this October, you may notice quite a lot of pink. From cookware to scarves to music players, more and more companies are thinking pink this year to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM).

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Health food junkies beware!

It's October, where sweets, tricks and treats reign supreme. This Halloween, children everywhere will don their best pirate, princess or punk rocker costumes and hit the streets in search of candy and more candy. With all the sugar-induced excitement around, another interesting holiday could slip right past you virtually unnoticed: National Cookie Month.

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How did a mistake lead to the creation of America's favorite variety of cookie?

In 1930, Ruth Wakefield was mixing a batch of cookies for her roadside inn guests when she discovered she was out of baker's chocolate. She substituted broken pieces of semi-sweet chocolate, expecting it to melt and absorb into the dough to create chocolate cookies. But the chocolate didn't absorb into the dough. When she removed the pan from the oven, Wakefield realized she had accidentally invented chocolate chip cookies. They were named "Tollhouse" after Wakefield's inn, and they remain the most popular variety of cookie in America.

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