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According to Nabisco: “Fig Newtons were named after either Sir Isaac newton or the town of Newton, Massachusetts.” January 16th is National Fig Newton Day. Fig Newtons were one of the first commercially baked products in America.

The Boston-based company had a habit of naming their cookies after local towns, and they already had cookies named Beacon Hill, Harvard, and Shrewsbury when the Newton was created.

Fig Newtons are the 3rd most popular cookie in the U.S., over 1 billion are consumed each year.

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