cocoa trees produce beans for about 25 years, but can live to be 200. it takes a cocoa tree about a year to produce enough cocoa beans to make 10 small chocolate bars.

the world may run out of chocolate in 5 years or so - or become ridiculously expensive - because people are eating more than can be produced.

hershey's chocolate is flavored with butyric acid, which also gives vomit its distinctive aroma. this is why many folks around the world don't care for american chocolate.

cadbury creme eggs get smaller from year to year as the cost of sugar increases.

because of rising production costs, soaring population, and declining wages, within 20 years beef and chocolate may become too expensive for the average american.

(and if you think that's bad, don't get me started on what's happening to honey.)

augustus gloop notwithstanding, people who regularly eat chocolate are thinner than people who don't.