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Tuesday, 15 September 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
Sushi is traditionally eaten with hands.
Most people in Japan do not use chopsticks to eat sushi, but outside Japan eating sushi with hands is not that common.
Kimchi
Koreans eat 1.6 million tons of kimchi annually.
Beer
Beer was a very common beverage back in ancient times.
Beer is mentioned in early ancient Egypt records. It appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Me ...
Hot dog
Hot dogs are popular around the world. In Poland, for instance, it is a must-have at every gas station.
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.
Halva
Soapberry extract (Saponaria officinalis) is used in the production of some grades of halva.
It is used to facilitate the foaming of the caramel mass. Because the plant contains poisonous sapon ...
Chocolate
Chocolate is a confectionery containing cocoa (cocoa mass, cocoa butter, cocoa powder), sugar, and other additives (like milk, which is added to milk chocolate).
Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd June defines chocolate as ...
Kimchi
Kimchi has a positive effect on the heart, lowering cholesterol and sugar levels.
Pizza
Apparently, the Swedish also like their pizza sweet.
Instead of pineapple, they prefer bananas. Sometimes, they sprinkle it with curry powder to add more spice.
Pizza
Pizza was delivered to the International Space Station in 2001.
It was a joint effort of Pizza Hut and Russian food scientists, that resulted in the consumption of a 15-centimeters pizza by people living in space.