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Wednesday, 21 January 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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Mozzarella
Today, mozzarella is made from cow's and buffalo's milk.
In addition to cheeses made from buffalo milk alone or cow's milk alone, you can make cheese from bl ...
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Eggs
A chicken egg is made up of four essential parts: egg yolk, egg white, two egg membranes, and shell.
The eggshell is the outer covering, 0,2-0,5 mm thick. It consists of two layers: an outer layer, ca ...
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Parmesan
A disc of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese weighs between 30 and over 40 kilograms (66 to over 88 pounds), on average about 40 kilograms.
It takes about 550 liters (145 gallons) of milk to produce one disc, with an average of 14 liters (3.7 gallons) per kilogram of cheese.
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Cheddar
Cheddar is a rennet cheese that has a light yellow color and no holes.
There are also darker, orange varieties that are not due to the manufacturing process, but to the ad ...
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Cheddar
It is the most popular cheese in the UK.
In the US, it ranks second just behind mozzarella.
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Eggs
In biological terms, an egg is one of the developmental stages of a new individual in many animal species.
Eggs are laid by insects, fish, reptile amphibians, birds, and a few mammals, such as the steak beak ...
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Mozzarella
Mozzarella comes from southern Italy but has also been produced in central Italy since the 15th century.
Today, the production of this cheese is widespread throughout Italy and in many countries in the world.
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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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Beer
Bavaria’s Weihenstephan Abbey is believed to be the oldest continuously operating brewery.
The abbey itself has been in existence since around 720, and from the very beginning, the monks livi ...
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Sushi
It originates from Southeast Asia, most likely a rice-growing region along the Mekong River.
Despite common belief, it did not come from Japan.
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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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