Its Chocoloate Ice Cream Day! Did you know the orgins of chocolate ice cream can be traced back to the 1600s when Italians froze Hot Chocolate during the warm months? This morning Jenna and Daria found fun facts and stories about this beloved summer desssert that you may or may not know! So, grab your favorite flavor of ice cream and check out all these weird and interesting facts about!

• It takes 12 pounds of milk to produce just 1 gallon of ice cream
• The average number of licks to finish a scoop of ice cream is 50
• The country that consumes the most ice cream is USA, followed by Australia then Norway.
• The most popular flavor is vanilla, then chocolate
• Chocolate ice cream was invented before vanilla
• Vanilla was rare and exotic in the late 1700’s
• Ice cream in America in the 1700’s was rare and enjoyed by the elite
• The first written ice cream recipe was found in a 1665 recipe book
• Industrial ice cream production in the US began in 1851
• The majority of Americans – around 90% have ice cream in their freezers
• Some of the strangest flavors found are: avocado, garlic, chili, licorice, Stilton cheese, and bacon
• Ice cream headaches or “brain freeze” is the result of the nerve endings in the roof of your mouth sending a message to your brain of the loss of heat
• The tallest ice cream cone was over 9 feet tall in Italy
• The average American eats 45.8 pints of ice cream a year
• Chocolate syrup is the most popular ice cream topping

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So, whether you’re winning your next trivia game or impressing your loved one over a shared pint of ice cream, you can now blow them away with your knowledge! We found even more facts about ice cream you won’t want to miss! You might already know some of these cool facts. But some are definitely going to surprise you!

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