1. Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow on trees. Such trees live for about 200 years, and yield fruit only 25 years. From one tree you can get only 3 kg of natural chocolate.

2. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine which has the effect of an aphrodisiac, and also helps in the fight against a hangover.

3. The word "chocolate" came from the Mayans, which meant "bitter water."

4. Chocolate is dangerous for animals, it is not absorbed by the body, and it also contains theobromine, it causes poisoning in dogs and cats. Lethal dose of 15 gr. chocolate per 1 kg of animal weight.

5. The first seller of chocolates was the Englishman John Cadbury, who sold them as a medicine for alcohol addiction.

6. Dark chocolate helps to fight high pressure, you need to eat all the slice of this sweet and you will feel better.

7. There are almost no substances in cheap cocoa chocolates, they are replaced with various oils, which is much cheaper, and a large amount of sugar is added, which makes chocolate lovers addicted.

8. Porous chocolate is made using gas that is added to chocolate during whipping. After pouring the chocolate into molds, it begins to emit this gas, which forms bubbles.

9. The Indians used cocoa beans as a currency, for 100 beans you could buy a slave.

10. At the moment, chocolate trees have been threatened by diseases that affect the tree itself and the fruits. Demand is constantly increasing and there is a shortage of raw materials, which affects the price and quality.