1. July 7 is Chocolate Day. There's also National Milk Chocolate Day on July 28, International Chocolate Day on September 13, and, of course, National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day on November 7.
2. Milk and dark chocolate come from the cacao bean, which grows on the cacao tree, an evergreen from the family Malvaceae (other members of the family include okra and cotton). This makes the most important part of the sweet treat a vegetable.
3. Because it doesn't contain cocoa solids or chocolate liquor, white chocolate isn't chocolate in the strict sense. But it does contain parts of the cacao bean—mainly cocoa butter.
4. Hot chocolate was the first chocolate treat. Cacao was brewed in both Mexican and Aztec culture, though the result was nothing like today's hot chocolate—it was a typically bitter concoction that was often used for ceremonial occasions like weddings.
5. The Aztecs loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their civilization.
6. Milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland. Daniel Peter created the tasty treat in 1875—after eight years of trying to make his recipe work. Condensed milk ended up being the key ingredient.
7. Despite its regal background and revered status, the cacao bean doesn't just magically turn into chocolate—it takes about 400 beans to make a single pound (0.454 kilogram) of the good stuff.
8. Despite its Amazonian roots, most cacao—nearly 70 percent of the world's supply—comes from Africa.
9. Chocolate is the only edible substance to melt around 93° F (33.889°C), just below the human body temperature. That's why chocolate melts so easily on your tongue.
10. The first chocolate bar was made in England. Way back in 1842, the Cadbury company made the very first chocolate bar.
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