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13 sweet fact about chocolate Chocolate is a preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that are made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, which may also be used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. 1. Legend says that Aztec ruler Moctezuma drank 50 cups of chocolate every day. Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of the Aztec Empire, reigning from 1502 to 1520. 2. Manie is home to a 1700 pound chocolate moose named Lenny. A 1,700-pound behemoth, Lenny is a milk-chocolate moose, the star of an edible animal habitat hidden inside of Len Libby Candies, a chocolatier in Scarborough, Maine. Lenny's pals are some dark chocolate black bears: 380-pound Mama Libby and her cubs, Cocoa and Chip, who are 80 pounds each. 3. A 100-year-old chocolate bar sold for $700. The 10-centimeter (four-inch) chocolate bar was part of a 3,500-pound load of cocoa and chocolate taken by British explorer Captain Robert Scott on his 1901-1904 expedition to the f...

         15 cool things about national monuments Monuments are built all over the world to honor history. Many are parts of national parks or sites and are cared for by governments. Others are protected by an organization called the united nations. Checks out some of the world's most amazing monuments. 1. The National Mall, a national park in Washington, D.C, with several national monuments has 41 KM of sidewalks. National Mall is home to iconic monuments including the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. 2. The walls of Irelands Blarney castle are 18 feet thick in some parts. The castle originally dates from before 1200 and was destroyed and rebuilt in 1446 by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy. 3. Construction of Spain's Sagrada Familia a church started in 1882 probably won't be done until at least 2026. The Basílica de la Sagrada Família, also known as the Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalo...