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30 Must Know Amazing Facts About Chocolate – Yummy!!

by BOGGURU






1. At least twice as many women than men are guilty of craving and eating chocolate.
2. Chocolate has ingredients that work like a mild anti-depressant by increasing serotonin and endorphin levels in the brain.
3. The biggest chocolate structure ever made which was an Easter egg, weighed 4,484lb and 10 foot tall created in Melbourne Australia.
4. Even though it has high fat content, chocolate does not raise cholesterol levels.
5. 50 percent of the world’s chocolate is consumed by Americans.
6. It is rumoured that Napoleon always carried chocolate with him, which he used as an energy bar.
7. Central America is believed to be the place of origin for Chocolate, thanks to the Mayan civilisation.
8. The name ‘Cacao’ is a Maya word meaning ‘god food’ which later on due to a spelling mistake became the word ‘cocoa’.
9. One cacao pod will contain about 42 beans. 270 cacao beans are required to produce a pound of chocolate.
10. In Mayan and Aztec history, cacao beans were used as currency.
11. The only people who consumed chocolate during the Mayan times were the extremely wealthy who had extra to waste.
12. Chocolate has flavonoids, which give off anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and cell-protective effects. Flavonoids have been linked to lowering the risk of heart disease.
13. Throughout history, cocoa or chocolate has been used to treat a variety of ailments from fevers to stomach aches to tuberculosis and PMS.
14. White chocolate doesn’t contain any chocolate solid and actually is made from cocoa butter and other dairy products.
15. Pure cocoa can actually help prevent tooth decay, which means dark chocolate is actually good way to floss.
16. Chocolate contains a chemical called phenylethylamine which releases certain “pleasure” endorphins in the brain, making you feel like you are madly in love.
17. Too much of sugar free chocolates is a one way ticket to the bathroom.
18. The Aztec rulers drank tens of cups of hot chocolate a day, and these would be as strong as double shot of espresso.
19. The Aztec ruler Montezuma holds the record for drinking 50 such cups of cacao every day. That’s true love!
20. The biggest chocolate bar ever created weighed 12770 pounds. That’s one big chocolate mound.
21. Apparently, the chocolate melting in one’s mouth can cause a more intense and longer-lasting pleasure than kissing.
22. A single chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk 150 feet.
23. The guy who invented the chocolate chip cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House. Not for money, but for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
24. In 2013, Belgium issued a limited edition of chocolate flavored stamps.
25. A lethal dose of chocolate for a human being is about 22 lbs. , or 40 Hershey bars.
26. There’s a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate. best way to make your fart smell good.
27. Cats and Dogs can die if they eat chocolate, so please keep the chocolates for yourself.
28. Fry & son was the first company to produce chocolate bars, after which the company merged itself with Cadbury’s.
29. Rodolphe Lindt (Rudolf) the founder of the Lindt company, invented the Conche machine in order to mix cocoa butter within chocolate evenly and provide a smooth texture.
30. Each second 100 pounds of chocolate is eaten by Americans.