Hi there! When first February hits everybody start preparing for Valentines day. Preparing gifts for loved ones. It is all pink and heart shaped. Everywhere you can see gift ideas flying around. I like watching them and searching for inspiration, but back in the day when we were little we didn't have to buy gifts or make them, we had chocolate and flowers. And every time I smell chocolate i remember February so is it only me or does February smell like chocolate?
In that name I present you here 20 amazing facts about chocolate.
The ancient Maya are believed to be the first people to
regularly grow cacao trees and drink chocolate.
The Aztecs got it later, but they had to trade for cacao
because they couldn’t grow the trees.
The Aztecs and Mayans used cocoa beans as money
It takes 3 to 5 years for cocoa tree to produce grain.
Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart
disease by one third.
Chocolate gives you a more intense mental high and gets your
heart poundingmore than kissing does.
Dark chocolate contains lots of antioxidants that help the
cardiovascular system by reducing blood pressure.
Chocolate’s scent increases theta brain waves, which induce
relaxation. This is mainly why people feel better about their problems after
eating loads of it.
The inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie sold the idea to
Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and
protect against tooth decay
The first chocolate bar was invented in 1847 by Joseph Fry.
German chocolate cake has nothing to do with Germany. It’s
named after its inventor, Sam German.
The chocolate industry is worth approximately $110 billion
per year.
White chocolate technically isn’t chocolate, but you
probably already knew that.
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.
There is a little caffeine in chocolate. Most bars have
about 10 milligrams of caffeine in them, but darker chocolates can have as much
caffeine as a can of Coca-Cola.
A 2013 study found that the scent of chocolate in a
bookstore made customers 40% more likely to buy cookbooks or romance novels,
and 22% more likely to buy books of any genre.
More than 50 percent of adults in the US prefer chocolate to
any other flavor
Chocolate can sicken and even kill dogs.
Milton Hershey, the founder of Hershey Chocolate, was
supposed to go on the Titanic but cancelled last minute due to business issues.
When you come tired from work or school and you just want to sit in front of TV and relax and you know that you need hot chocolate to make it even better or caffe if you need to stay up late, but here are 10 ways to spice up your hot chocolate.
And we shouldn't forget chocolate quotes. They can look great above your desk :D
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