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Ice Cream might be an 8 letter word for some people,
but there is no doubt about the fact that it is an ocean of taste and
pleasure for human taste buds. It is an answer to your late night
cravings, beating the heat in summers, or to increase the chillness of
winters. You will hardly find a person who does not like ice cream! Even
if someone claims they don’t no one believes them.
You must have tried numerous ice cream flavors in your life time, but
most of you are unaware of some amazing and thought provoking facts
about ice cream. Who came up with the idea of ice cream? Which nations
consume most ice creams and lot more! So fasten your seat belts and get
ready to explore the delicious journey of ice cream from evolution to
present!
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Do You Know That…
1. If you think ice cream is modern dessert only then you are sadly
mistaken. In 5th century B.C. Ancient Greeks enjoy a dessert similar to
ice cream.
2. In 1300s Marco Polo brings an early form of Ice Cream to Europe.
3. Americans celebrated the victory of WWII with ice cream. In 1946,
they ate more than 20 quarts of ice cream per person.
4. The major ingredient in ice cream is air!
5. The world’s tallest ice cream cone was over 9 ft tall and scooped in
Italy.
6. It takes an average of 50 licks to finish one scoop of ice cream.
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7. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was part of the team
that first invented the method of making soft serve ice cream.
8. Worldwide, around 15 billion liters (3.3 billion gallons) of
ice-cream are consumed every year, enough to fill 5,000 Olympic swimming
pools.
9. New Zealand consumes most ice cream in the world that accounts for
7.5 per capita, gallons per year.
10. Most of the Vanilla used to make Ice Cream comes from Madagascar and
Indonesia.
11. Chocolate Syrup is regarded as world’s most popular ice cream
topping.
12. “Brain Freeze” occurs when ice cream touches the roof of your mouth.
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13. On June 13, 1789, George Washington became the first US president to
eat ice-cream.
14. The last thing Elvis Presley ate was four scoops of ice-cream and
six chocolate chip cookies.
15. The world record for ice-cream eating is 1.75 US gallons (11.66 UK
pints) in eight minutes.
You must be astonished to learn such facts! Don’t think much!
Eat Ice cream and spread happiness! |