Featured Article: Seven Chocolate facts
Think you know all there is to know about chocolate?
Here's 7 fun facts:
Chocolate is made from the seed of a fruit tree.
A single cacao pod contains about 42 beans (seeds).
Cacao is harvested by hand, because it is too delicate to harvest by machine
Fat-free chocolate milk is a great post workout drink
German chocolate cake is named after its inventor, Sam German, not the country it came from.
Chocolate is originally from South America
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