TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, February 11, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Well, Valentine's Day is this week, which means that you can't turn around in a store without being faced with piles of chocolate. Chocolate hearts, chocolate kisses, chocolate roses...chocolate overload!

As much as I enjoy it, sometimes there really can be too much of a good thing. Oh, who am I kidding? I'm sitting here eating a Hershey's kiss as I type!

Alright, while I look for my self-control, you enjoy some fun facts about, what else, chocolate!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces."

HINT: (1931-), American author, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The name chocolate comes from the Aztec word xocalati meaning bitter water.

Research suggests that chocolate was originally used more than 2,500 years ago, beginning in Central America.

The name 'Cacao' is a Maya word meaning 'god food' which after being introduced to Europe in the 16th century, formed the basis of the Latin name for the Cacao tree 'Theobrama Cacao' meaning 'food for the gods'. It is thought that the word 'cocoa' has come about through a misspelling of 'cacao.'

Although not scientifically proven, chocolate is believed by many, to be an aphrodisiac. The theory is supported by the fact that chocolate does contain among many chemicals the stimulants: caffeine, theobromine, and phenyethylamine.

Cocoa butter is a by-product produced from the crushing of roasted cacao beans, and although used in the chocolate making process, it is also used in a number of cosmetic products including massage oils and skin cosmetics.

A cocoa pod contains an average of about 42 beans. It takes up to 270 cocoa beans to make a pound of chocolate.


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces."

ANSWER: Judith Viorst.

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