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In my lifetime, I’ve had the pleasure of having four teeth removed thanks to Fantales. All between the ages of 9–11, each incident occurring at a Birch, Carroll & Coyle cinema in suburban Brisbane. Why this fact has never been printed on a Fantales wrapper, we will never know. Despite this, I’m still a beloved fan of the chocolate-coated caramels. I became aware of Fantales in the early ’90s when you’d still get biographies of black-and-white film stars no one had heard of or mentioned since the ’50s. In fact, before the internet, 90 per cent of my pop-culture knowledge was obtained via a Fantales wrapper. Who knows what I might have

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