Chocolate became one of the earliest American exports when, in the early sixteenth century, both Columbus and Cortez brought cacao beans back to Spain
People who feel depressed eat about 55% more chocolate than their non-depressed peers.
German chocolate cake was named after Sam German, an American, and did not originate in Germany.
The rainiest place on Earth is Mt. Waialeale on the island of Kauai, where the average rainfall is 476 inches per year.
The southernmost state in the United States is Hawaii.
Hawaii is America's youngest state, entering the nation on August 21, 1959.
Only two types of mammals are native to Hawaii: the hoary bat and the monk seal.
Hawaii is the only state in the nation that grows coffee, has tropical rainforests, and is made completely of islands.
Born in Hawaii, Barack Obama is the only president from outside the continental United States
Venus may have at one time produced more volcanoes than any other planet in our solar system, though they are all now extinct
There are no active volcanoes in Australia because it sits in the middle of a tectonic plate.
Many scientists believe that all the water on the earth was originally vented into the atmosphere by volcanoes.
The ancient Greeks thought that the god of Fire, Hephaestus, lived beneath Mt. Etna. The Titan god Prometheus is said to have stolen fire from Hephaestus's volcano to give to humans
In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana boasted 150 glaciers today there are just 27.
Eating seafood rich in Omega-3 may help pregnant women with depression.
Patients with depression may develop agoraphobia, or a fear of going out in public.
Recent research suggests that depression can shorten the lives of people with cancer by years
U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make milk chocolate
Each cacao tree can produce approximately 2,500 beans. It takes a cacao tree four to five years to produce its first beans.
Cacao trees can live to be 200 years old, but they produce marketable cocoa beans for only 25 years.
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