Chocolate...

• In the United States of America alone, people consume an average of 100 pounds of chocolate every second.

• Though milk chocolate is favored by nearly three fourths of Americans, dark chocolate is healthier for you. In fact, recent studies have shown that dark chocolate can help maintain a healthy heart
  
  
• Elvis Presley's last meal consisted of four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies.
  
  
• The blood in the famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" was actually chocolate syrup.
  
  
• Chocolate is the most popular gift given to teachers by their students.