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40 percent of the almonds in the world are used by manufacturers of chocolate
A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second Approximately 71% of American chocolate eaters prefer to eat milk chocolate Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache. Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century. During that time it was provided in the form of a drink and since drinking wine during lent was a sin, so was drinking chocolate. During the Boer War, Queen Victoria sent her New Year's greeting to the British troops that were in South Africa in 1900 in the form of a specially molded chocolate bar. |
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