Cookie Monster has been on Sesame Street for 47 years. Didn’t know that, didja?

There’s rumors surfacing that his name, before Cookie Monster, was Sid. Ok…

His primary food source is cookies, but he also eats fruits and eggplant.

There are plenty of other facts surrounding this mysterious blue cookie-eating dynamo, but you’ll have a chance to learn them soon across the pond as he joins the cast on BBC to entertain children. And eat cookies.

The announcement of such was stellar to say the least.