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Sunday, 1 November 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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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 ...
Kombucha
SCOBY could survive Martian conditions.
Kombucha was launched into orbit around Earth in Martian conditions. There was some degradation of the cultures of bacteria, but they regenerated.
Kombucha
Kombucha is a blend of natural probiotics (fungi and bacteria), organic acids (acetic, glyconic, glucuronic, citric, lactic, tartaric, malonic, oxalic, succinic, pyruvic, tin), small amounts of sugars (sucrose, glucose and fructose), B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12), vitamin C, 14 amino acids, purines, pigments, lipids, proteins.
In addition, there are some hydrolytic enzymes, ethanol, substances that exhibit antibiotic activity ...
Wagyū Beef
There are about two million purebred Wagyū cows in the world.
96% of them are in Japan, most of the remaining are bred in Australia.
Pizza
Dishes similar to pizza were known in antiquity.
There are records of Persian soldiers in the 6th century BC and ancient Greeks, who baked flatbreads with added cheese, herbs, and dates.
French fries
Belgium is strenuously trying to inscribe fries as a Belgian dish on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Whether this will succeed remains to be seen, as the committee must first establish the origin of th ...
Tomato juice
Tomato juice has been the official beverage of the state of Ohio since 1965.
The United States is one of the largest global producers of the beverage.
Maple syrup
To obtain 1 liter of maple syrup, the water must be evaporated from 20 to 50 liters of maple juice.
In the process of water evaporation, a syrup is obtained with a temperature higher by 4.1 degrees C ...
Mozzarella
Mozzarella is a rennet cheese from southern Italy.
Rennet cheeses are a type of cheese that is obtained by denaturing milk with rennet - a digestive en ...
Pizza
It found its way to North America with Italian immigrants in the 1800s.
Italian immigrants brought their dish along, but it was not incorporated into American cuisine strai ...