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Mr Peanut was invented in what year

Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916. Mr. Peanut is based on a drawing by a Virginia schoolboy, Antonio Gentile, an Italian-American who won a $5 prize in a 1916 contest for his “little peanut person.” The mascot made its debut in 1918 in The Saturday Evening Post.

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