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FUN FACTS ABOUT APPLES

• Two pounds of apples make on 9 – inch pie.
• 2,500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.
• 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
• Apples are fat, sodium and cholesterol free.
• A medium apple is about 80 calories.
• Apples ripen 6 to 10 times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated.
• Don’t peel your apple. Two-thirds of the fiber and lots of antioxidants are found in the peel. Antioxidants help to reduce damage to cells, which can trigger some diseases.
• National Apple Month is the only national, generic apple promotion conducted in the United States. Originally founded in 1904 as National Apple Week, it was expanded in 1996 to a three-month promotional window from September-November
• 25% of an apple is air, which is why they float.
• The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds, two ounces.
• The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea.

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41 Delicious Facts About Chocolate That You Probably Didn’t Know

1. There is a correlation between the amount of chocolate a country consumes on average and the number of Nobel Laureates that country has produced.

2. A jewel thief made off with $28 million dollars of gems in 2007 because he was able to gain the trust of the guards working the bank in Antwerp, Belgium, by repeatedly offering them chocolate.
3. The blood in Psycho’s famous shower scene was actually chocolate syrup.
4. At one point the Nazis plotted to assassinate Winston Churchill with an exploding bar of chocolate.
More here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesgrebey/delicious-facts-about-chocolate?utm_term=.olXAX6XP5#.upwD6a6J3