DID YOU KNOW? * A pinhead of yeast can grow to more than 100,000 lbs. of dry yeast in less than five days...that's more than two full truckloads * Yeast comes in three basic forms: - Cream yeast: standardized liquid yeast preferred by large industrial bakeries and highly active, meaning it has a shorter shelf life - Compressed yeast: crumbled and block-formatted yeast utilized by smaller to mid-sized bakeries - Dry yeast: the most common form of yeast typically used by home bakers and featuring a long shelf life due to its low moisture content and strain characteristics * Charles Fleischmann's son, Julius, would go on to become the mayor of Cincinnati from 1900 to 1905 and was an owner of the Cincinnati Reds professional baseball team from 1902 to 1915 * Fleischmann's Yeast introduced breadbased spokesperson 'John Dough' in 1912, more than 50 years before another famous bakery character from a prominent retail brand was unveiled * The village of Griffin Corners, NY - which served as a summer home for the Fleischmann family beginning in 1883 - officially changed its name to Fleischmanns when it incorporated 30 years later