10 things you never knew about chocolate

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10 things you never knew about chocolate �

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The Aztecs drunk it

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Chocolate was originally a cold drink whisked from

cocoa beans by the Aztecs - and women were not allowed to drink it.

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9. It was more valuable than gold

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When Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1520, he found

that cocoa beans were prized higher than gold.

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8. It was named in the 17th century

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The word 'chocolate' was first recorded in English

use in 1604.

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7. It helped found the British Museum

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The British Museum owes its very existence to

chocolate. It was based on the personal collection of Hans Soane, who invented

milk chocolate.

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6. Chocolate bar an English invention

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The bar of chocolate was invented by JS Fry and Sons

of Bristol in 1847.

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5. Expensive egg

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Last year's most expensive chocolate egg was

encrusted with more than 100 diamonds and made for La Maison du Chocolat with a

�50,000 prize tag.

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4. Royal approval

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On New Year's Day 1900, Queen sent 100,000

boxes of chocolates as a personal gift to soldiers fighting in the Boer War.

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3. Brits can't get enough of it

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The average person living in the UK - man, woman or

child - spends over �1 a week on chocolate.

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2. The King loved it!

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The last food Elvis Presley ate comprised four scoops

of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies.

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1. Egg-cellent selection

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Woolworths is this year selling 170 varieties of

chocolate Easter egg.

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