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There was Almost NO Chocolate in America
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 5:42 PM EDT (Smithsonian)
The Hershey Community Archives has in its collection a $300 check Hershey wrote to the White Star Line in December 1911, believed to be a 10 percent deposit toward his stateroom
Ozzie Guillen: "I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that (expletive) is still here."
Mon Apr 9, 2012 10:59 PM EDT
I am the biggest baseball fan in America and as a long-suffering Chicago CUBS fan...I ate lots of crow when the Chicago White Sox won the World Series,, but I was HUGE Ozzie fan (even when he was a player for the Sox) and I danced in the streets of Chicago with a million other f …
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Could the Appetite For Chocolate Exceed the World's Supply?
Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:59 AM EDT (ABC News)
The demand for chocolate increases by about 2.5 to 3 percent each year, which means about four million more tons of cocoa are needed every year. Experts predict that by 2020, the demand for chocolate will increase by 25 percent. That's about five million metric tons of chocola …
Science celebrates cocoa and chocolate's potential health benefits
Seeded on Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:28 PM EDT (EurekAlert!)
If eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka could leap from the pages of Roald Dahl's classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and walk these streets, he might make a bee-line for a festival of cocoa and chocolate on the menu today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the Am …
Chocolate 'may help keep people slim'
Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:58 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner, new research suggests. The findings come from a study of nearly 1,000 US people that looked at diet, calorie intake and body mass index (BMI) - a measure of obesity. It found those who ate chocolate a few times a week wer …
Pig head thrower was politician's nephew
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:12 PM EDT ()
A man arrested in Luzern this week for hurling pig heads at chocolate displays was the mentally ill nephew of Swiss parliamentarian Otto Ineichen, it has emerged. Earlier this week, a 41-year-old man threw severed pig heads into the chocolate displays in three Bachmann confect …
Pig heads fly in grisly Swiss choc attack
Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:04 AM EDT ()
A 41-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of having thrown bloodied pig heads onto chocolate displays at a famous confectioner’s in Luzern. Shortly before midday on Tuesday, the man entered the Bachmann store at Luzern station and, having looked surr …
Chocolate - the cash smugglers' choice
Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:04 AM EDT (The Local - Germany's news in English)
Germany’s borders brought in around 10 percent more earnings for the federal government last year than the previous one, topping €123 billion, while the ingenuity of those trying to avoid customs continues to amuse.
10 Tastiest Fast Foods You Can't Get in US
Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:43 PM EDT (Smarter Travel)
Fascinating fast foods you cannot get here, from all the big chains. Example, KFC in China offers a rice, pork and egg soup for breakfast. Japanese Starbucks offers jelly on your frappucino. The McD in India offers a paneer patty. The German Burger King offers chili cheese nugget …
Swedish Plopp lovers report 'joyless' chocolate
Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:53 AM EDT ()
Love-hungry Swedish consumers have reported Scandinavian chocolate giant Cloetta to the Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket) after the company's false promises of finding love and joy in a bag of candy left them broken hearted.
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