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Wednesday, 19 August 2026
16 facts about Chocolate
16 facts about Chocolate
A delicacy not only for a sweet tooth
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Beer
The Sumerians produced two kinds of beer - dark and light.
Dark, stronger beer, consumed by men, was divided into sixteen kinds. Women consumed light wheat beer.
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Halva
Peanut halva is popular in Argentina.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Greek immigrants in Argentina used peanut butter to create a semi-soft nougat variation called mantecol.
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Honey
When a bee collects sugar-rich nectar, it sucks it out using a trumpet (a tube inside which is a mobile, flexible tongue) and places it in a storage sack (crop), which is separated from the honey stomach by a foregut, known as a valve.
The crop of a typical honey bee contains about 40 mg of nectar, or about 50 percent of the bee’s une ...
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Chocolate
The process consists of several steps.
The first stage takes place in plantations, where the fruit, cut in half, ferments in special tanks. ...
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Beer
In terms of the amount of beer drunk per capita, the world leaders are the Czechs (142.4 liters per year).
The second place goes to Seychelles (114.6 liters per year) and the third place goes to Germany and Austria (104.7 liters per year).
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Sushi
Becoming a sushi master may take up to 20 years.
It requires apprenticeship, patience, and commitment. Before a person becomes a sushi master, called ...
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Kimchi
Preparation of kimchi is very simple, it is the same way as any fermentation of vegetables.
A special blend of spices for kimchi can be purchased online.
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Mozzarella
Italy exports 100,000 tons of mozzarella per year.
It is the third most-bought Italian cheese, after Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano.
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Honey
Upon returning to the hive, the bee passes the harvest to the hive worker and then flies off to continue working.
This mouth-to-mouth exchange of nectar is called trophallaxis. The final processing of nectar into h ...
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Parmesan
Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the most expensive cheeses, which is why it is often subject to theft.
In the past th years, 20,000 Parmesan molds worth seven million euros were stolen in the Emilia Roma ...
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16 facts about Mozzarella
16 facts about Mozzarella
The most recognizable Italian cheese in the world
Mozzarella is the most recognizable and third most often bought Italian cheese, after Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. It is always associated wi ...
17 facts about Kimchi
17 facts about Kimchi
Traditional Korean dish
Kimchi is a staple Korean delicacy, served as a side dish with almost every meal. It consists of salted and fermented vegetables, including various ca ...
10 facts about Hot dog
10 facts about Hot dog
One of the most popular fast foods
Hot dogs are typical representatives of fast food. They are prepared swiftly and consumed even faster. Even though the fashion for eating hot dogs spr ...
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