In 2013, Belgium created 5 limited edition stamps that smelled and tasted like chocolate. More than 500,000 stamps were printed on special paper imbued with the aroma of cocoa and covered in a varnish to look and smell like chocolate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Belgium’s chocolate postage stamps were made – BBC News
The 3 Musketeers candy bar got its name because each bar originally came as three pieces, each with a different flavor: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. – WTF Fun Facts
Most people with chocolate allergies aren’t actually allergic to cocoa or any official ingredients but rather the cockroach parts contained in it, which the FDA deems safe up to a certain limit. Removing insect parts entirely would require pesticide use which is unhealthier. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Chocolate allergies linked to cockroach parts (nbcnews.com)
Recent research has found that rats may have emotional empathy. An experiment offered the choice between a tempting chocolate treat, or rescuing a drowning rat, and they chose to rescue the drowning rat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150514-rats-save-mates-from-drowning
M&M’s were first created commercially in 1941 by Forrest Mars, Sr. after witnessing soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell during the Spanish Civil War, which prevented the chocolate from melting in the warm weather. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/the-wartime-origins-of-the-mm
Hershey’s Ice Cream and Hershey’s Chocolate are not the same company – WTF fun fact
