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7 unusual facts about Ovaltine


Allan Smethurst

The song had a small comeback in 1994, when it was featured on a television commercial for Ovaltine.

Harry Gibson

His career went into a tailspin in 1947, when his song "Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine" put him on the music industry blacklist.

Joni Anwar

Anwar started his career by doing television commercials for Ovaltine, Bata, Krissadanakorn and others before he signed a record deal with RS Promotion.

Kings Langley

Kings Langley was the home of the makers of Ovaltine and the listed factory facade is now all that is left and still stands alongside the railway line among a new housing development.

Nathaniel Kleitman

An early sponsor of Kleitman's sleep research was the Wander Company, which manufactured Ovaltine and hoped to promote it as a remedy for insomnia.

Spelling

Ovaltine, a popular bedtime drink in the UK and Australia, came about because someone misspelled the original name Ovomaltine on the trademark documentation.

Villa Park, Illinois

When Ovaltine established their factory, they needed a way to make sure their employees could get to and from work safely, no matter the weather, terrain or other issues.


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