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Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next Party

May 19, 2017 | Miles Brucker

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next Party


3. Happy Accident

After WWII cocoa was extremely rare in Europe and was very expensive. An Italian pastry maker, Pietro Ferrero, wanted to extend his cocoa ration so he created a paste from hazelnuts and mixed in some of his precious cocoa. He formed it into a loaf and that could be cut into slices and served on bread.  His son Michael improved the recipe and produced the first jar of Nutella.

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2. We The North

The Northern Hemisphere holds 90% of the world’s population.

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1. Why?

Bompas and Parr, a high-end English jam company, has released Occult Jam which have many varieties which contain extremely strange ingredients. Some of the varieties include milk jam infused with Princess Diana's hair, absinthe and pineapple jam with sand from the Great Pyramids or plum and oak jam with wood from the British warship The Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar..

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