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WHYVILLE HELP : GALLERY : DR. LEILA : SEARCH : SUBMIT : STAFF : HOME Jan 17, 2010

 

Food of the Gods

Singel12 researches this much-loved treat.

Bars, boxes, crinkly wrappers. Who doesn't enjoy a chocolaty treat? Americans eat at least half a pound of chocolate every month! Even if you enjoy chocolate often, how much do you really know about it? I decided to do some research on it.

Let's start off with a quick lesson on the different terms used when talking about chocolate. Chocolate in powdered form is refereed to as "cocoa". Cacao is the plant or beans before processing. Chocolate refers to anything made by those beans, even the affordable treats with less cacao and more sugar and additives in them. Speaking of the word chocolate, it is traced back to the ancient Aztec word "xocoatl", which referred to a bitter drink made from cacao beans. Theobroma cacao is the Latin name for the cacao tree. It means "food of the gods."

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Shimmer
Sqeakers1 shares an enlightening moment.

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Slinkies Revealed
Edenglish reports on a simple toy that everyone has enjoyed for decades.

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What is True Beauty?
Momojo1 learns about what beauty should be all about.

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To Wear or Not to Wear: It's Raining Rainbows
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Just Don't: Alcohol
Rexyp1 lists the facts about alcohol.

 

 

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Dear Anonymous
Girldas writes a letter to someone close to her heart.

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Water Girl: Part 1
by booksRus

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Lost
X3Tacos has no idea what to do.

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Out of Time to Travel: Part 1
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We All Have Those Days
Ocean10kv has a really bad day.

Whyville's Vaccination Celebration 2010

Devcanon reports on a really fun recent event.

Whyville held its Vaccination Celebration on Thursday, January 14th at Sportplatz. Sportplatz was decked out in party attire and was prepped for the arrival of a flu expert from the CDC. Those who attended the party were able to play Simon Says, chat with friends, vote for others in a beauty contest, watch videos in the theater, get vaccinated for the Whyville flus, and even listen to music! However, the main attraction started at 4pm Whytime.

In the room that contained the party stage, many Whyvillians started to gather as time began to countdown to the arrival of the speaker from the CDC. Whyville citizens were about to get a chance to speak with a flu expert from the CDC and to ask any questions they had about the recent flu strains going around. While people were hanging out and chatting, Janine from the CDC appeared and made her way to the stage. She introduced herself and the question and answer session began. There were a ton of questions right from the start. The room filled with chat bubbles and the CDC expert began answering them as quick as she could. She managed to answer a great deal of them. The questions ranged from "What is h1n1?" to "Do you watch 'America Idol'?" Janine was a good sport and even answered the off-topic questions.

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