Chocolate is a delicious cure for a bad day and also the only answer for every question and situation. It is one of the few foods that people are very passionate about. Chocoholics refer themselves as chocolate enriched and there are hardly any type of chocolate that a chocoholic has ever tasted or experimented.Here are few facts about this oh-so-delicious food that you might not be knowing.
1.The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which triggers relaxation.
2.White Chocolate isn’t technically Chocolate, as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.
3.The inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
4.M&Ms were created in 1941 as a means for soldiers to enjoy chocolate without it melting.
5.Chocolate magnate Milton Hershey canceled his reservations for the Titanic due to last minute business matters.
6.There are Potato Chips Dipped in Milk Chocolate.
7.Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease by one-third.
8.Chocolate can sicken and even kill dogs and cats.
9.Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and protects against tooth decay.
10.There’s a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate.
11.Nutella was invented during WW2, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his cocoa supply.
12.Chocolate is the only edible substance to melt around 93° F, just below human body temperature. That’s why chocolate melts in your mouth.
13.When it Comes to Coughs, Chocolate Is More Effective than Codeine.
14.In celebration of its 100th birthday, Thorntons created the world’s largest chocolate bar – weighing a record breaking 5,792.50kg.
15.There is a correlation between the amount of chocolate a country consumes on average and the number of Nobel Laureates that country has produced.
16.A jewel thief made off with $28 million dollars of gems in 2007 because he was able to gain the trust of the guards working the bank in Antwerp, Belgium, by repeatedly offering them chocolate.
17.The scientific name for the tree that chocolate comes from, Theobroma cacao, means “food of the gods.”
18.The ancient Maya are believed to be the first people to regularly grow cacao trees and drink chocolate.
19.Chocolate gives you a more intense mental high and gets your heart pounding more than kissing does.
By:- Archa Dave
