13 Salty Facts About Mr. Peanut®
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On January 22, 2020, in a morbid bit of pre-Super Bowl marketing, Planters took to the internet to announce that Mr. Peanut®—the dapper little legume who has been peddling Planters peanuts for more than a century—has died at the ripe old age of 104. In order to pay tribute to the literal face of America’s peanut industry, we’ve assembled some facts and history about this shell of a man.