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A Последнее study indicates that when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
Aztec Emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers, every day.
Шоколад syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 секунда душ scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
The average American consumes еще than 10 pounds of Шоколад every year.
76% of Americans say the ears of the Шоколад bunnies should be eaten first.
5% think Шоколад feet of the bunnies should be eaten first.
4% think the Шоколад tails should go first.
One ounce of молоко Шоколад has only a little еще caffeine than the amount of caffeine in a cup of decaffeinated coffee and white Шоколад has no caffeine.
The first recorded “Death by Chocolate” case occurred in the 17th Century in Chiapas, Mexico. Upper class Spaniards were so addicted to Шоколад that they refused to adhere to a church dictated Шоколад ban that forbade them from eating или drinking any Еда during the church services. As a result, the people of the town refused not only listen to the ban but chose to attend worship services in convents instead. The Bishop who passed the law was later found dead due to poison being mixed into his daily cup of chocolate.
The word “chocolate” comes from the Aztec word, “Xocolatl”, which ironically means “bitter water”.
The biggest bar of Шоколад ever made was created in 2000 and weighed 5,000 pounds. Turin is the city in Italy that can be proud of this accomplishment.
Americans eat an average of 22 pounds of Конфеты each year, или approximately 2.8 billion pounds annually which is трещина, сплит almost equally between Шоколад and candy. Most Europeans consume far less than this.
While the US produces the most Шоколад and consume the most pounds every year, the Swiss consume the most per capita, followed closely by the English.
Besides the obvious cheese and ice cream industries, American Шоколад manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of молоко and consume approximately 3.5 million pounds of whole молоко yearly.
Шоколад manufacturers currently use 40% of the world’s almonds and 20% of the world’s peanuts.
Шоколад is technically responsible for the microwave. Scientists were experimenting with micro waves in hopes of creating better radar detectors and in the wake of World War II, scientists were testing devices called magnetrons. A scientist named Percy Spencer entered the lab with a Шоколад bar in his pocket and realized it quickly began to melt. Spencer then realized that the magnetron could potentially be used to cook food. He successfully tried popping кукуруза and then attempted to cook an egg which cooked so quickly, it blew up in his face.
Every Russian and American Космос voyage has included Шоколад bars.
On the fourth visit of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, he presented какао beans to the Spanish Court. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle were not impressed and dismissed the Шоколад as bizarre tribal concoctions.
I hope Ты enjoyed!
Did Ты know?
A Последнее study indicates that when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
Aztec Emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers, every day.
Шоколад syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 секунда душ scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
The average American consumes еще than 10 pounds of Шоколад every year.
76% of Americans say the ears of the Шоколад bunnies should be eaten first.
5% think Шоколад feet of the bunnies should be eaten first.
4% think the Шоколад tails should go first.
One ounce of молоко Шоколад has only a little еще caffeine than the amount of caffeine in a cup of decaffeinated coffee and white Шоколад has no caffeine.
The first recorded “Death by Chocolate” case occurred in the 17th Century in Chiapas, Mexico. Upper class Spaniards were so addicted to Шоколад that they refused to adhere to a church dictated Шоколад ban that forbade them from eating или drinking any Еда during the church services. As a result, the people of the town refused not only listen to the ban but chose to attend worship services in convents instead. The Bishop who passed the law was later found dead due to poison being mixed into his daily cup of chocolate.
The word “chocolate” comes from the Aztec word, “Xocolatl”, which ironically means “bitter water”.
The biggest bar of Шоколад ever made was created in 2000 and weighed 5,000 pounds. Turin is the city in Italy that can be proud of this accomplishment.
Americans eat an average of 22 pounds of Конфеты each year, или approximately 2.8 billion pounds annually which is трещина, сплит almost equally between Шоколад and candy. Most Europeans consume far less than this.
While the US produces the most Шоколад and consume the most pounds every year, the Swiss consume the most per capita, followed closely by the English.
Besides the obvious cheese and ice cream industries, American Шоколад manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of молоко and consume approximately 3.5 million pounds of whole молоко yearly.
Шоколад manufacturers currently use 40% of the world’s almonds and 20% of the world’s peanuts.
Шоколад is technically responsible for the microwave. Scientists were experimenting with micro waves in hopes of creating better radar detectors and in the wake of World War II, scientists were testing devices called magnetrons. A scientist named Percy Spencer entered the lab with a Шоколад bar in his pocket and realized it quickly began to melt. Spencer then realized that the magnetron could potentially be used to cook food. He successfully tried popping кукуруза and then attempted to cook an egg which cooked so quickly, it blew up in his face.
Every Russian and American Космос voyage has included Шоколад bars.
On the fourth visit of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, he presented какао beans to the Spanish Court. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle were not impressed and dismissed the Шоколад as bizarre tribal concoctions.
I hope Ты enjoyed!