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One history of the fortune cookie claims that David Jung, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles and founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company, invented the cookie in 1918. Concerned about the poor he saw wandering near his shop, he created the cookie and passed them out free on the streets.
when 110 people won the second prize in a Powerball drawing thanks to a fortune cookie slip), but few know that these wafer prognosticators arenât authentic Chinese fare. The fortune cookie â that staple of Chinese cuisine in America â came not from China, but from California.