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Sarah, a recently widowed Jewish lady, was sitting on a beach towel at Cocoa Beach, Florida.

by cringeyjokesman June 11, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL a commercial for the Cocoa Pebbles cereal led Hulk Hogan to sue the company. The commercial had a character named Hulk Boulder fighting Flinstones characters. He claimed it damaged his reputation and used his image. Hogan and the company came to an agreement to never show the ad again.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 10:13 pm

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TIL about the 2004 disappearance of journalist Guy-André Kieffer, who was kidnapped & disappeared investigating extreme financial corruption & allegations of child labor used in the production of cocoa in Africa, going all the way up to the Ivorian first family of Côte d’Ivoire

by whatilearned March 24, 2022, 9:19 am

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TIL that hot chocolate and hot cocoa are two distinctly different beverages.

by whatilearned February 22, 2022, 12:18 pm

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TIL that in 2014 when impoverished Ivory Coast cocoa farmers were asked what they were growing was made into, they didn’t know. The farmers knew cocoa was some type of food but they had never heard of or tasted chocolate until reporters brought them a chocolate bar to try.

by whatilearned January 24, 2022, 11:41 pm

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Cocoa Culture – From Working at Apple to Studying Developers

by ProgrammerDude December 2, 2021, 12:14 pm

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TIL that several Hershey’s products such as Whatchamacallit, Mr. Goodbar and Krackel no longer contain milk chocolate after replacing cocoa butter with vegetable oil. The removal of cocoa butter violates the FDA’s definition of milk chocolate and are now labeled “chocolate candy” or “chocolatey.”

by whatilearned November 30, 2021, 11:24 pm

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TIL about Pluto Lamps that were public street gas lamps in the 1890’s that were coin operated serving hot water and cups of cocoa, tea, beef broth and coffee with milk and sugar options.

by whatilearned October 20, 2021, 2:00 am

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TIL that Cacao trees may actually live up to 200 years. Interestingly, they produce beans for just 25 years of their lifespan. It takes about a year for a cocoa tree to produce enough pods to make just about 10 small-sized chocolate bars.

by whatilearned August 7, 2021, 8:50 am

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G&J Cocoa Recalled Because of Melamine A Canadian company, Dorsey Marketing Inc. (DMI), is recalling certain Gourmet Market cocoa products sold at Big Lots and Shopko stores nationwide because they may contain melamine, a chemical that can cause kidney disease.

by DailyHealthNews July 14, 2021, 3:30 am

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Is Chocolate the Next Super Food? A new study suggests that dark chocolate and cocoa powder may be the next "super foods" thanks to their high antioxidant content and capacity.

by DailyHealthNews June 29, 2021, 11:01 pm

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Cocoa Rich in Health Benefits Consumption of cocoa, used throughout history as a folk medicine, may actually have significant health benefits, according to a new study by Harvard researchers.

by DailyHealthNews June 28, 2021, 11:41 pm

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