5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) 2

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) 2 — page 5 — FACT In 1889 the QUEEN OF ITALY Margherita of Savoy ordered the first pizza delivery Follow the fact ticker at the bottom and count the facts 6 5 000 AWESOME FACTS 2 YOU HAVE LEARNED 1 FACT

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5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) 2 — page 7 — 15 BRAIN FREEZING A man in Italy once balanced 71 SCOOPS of ice cream on a SINGLE CONE You can buy EEL FLAVORED ice cream in Japan A microbiologist invented DIPPIN DOTS in 1988 by using liquid nitrogen to flash freeze ice cream In late 19th century England a HOKEY POKEY was an inexpensive ice cream sold by street vendors The actor who played RON WEASLEY in the HARRY POTTER films bought an ice cream truck with some of his earnings NEW ZEALANDERS eat more ice cream than ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD an average of 7 5 GALLONS 28 4 L PER PERSON PER YEAR It takes about a GALLON AND A HALF 5 7 L of milk to make A GALLON 3 8 L OF ICE CREAM BEN JERRY S sells a special combination lock for its ice cream containers that PREVENTS ANYONE WITHOUT THE CODE FROM SNEAKING A SPOONFUL The ICE CREAM CONE became popular after the 1904 ST LOUIS WORLD S FAIR in Missouri U S A where ice cream was served IN A THIN CONE SHAPED WAFFLE 8 5 000 AWESOME FACTS 2

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) 2 — page 8 — FACTS ABOUT ICE CREAM In TURKEY ice cream is made with GROUND ORCHID ROOT which makes the dessert STRETCHY The TOP SELLING FLAVOR of ice cream in the United States is VANILLA Since there were NO FREEZERS to make ice people in 16TH CENTURY Italy collected ICE from the MOUNTAINS to make ICE CREAM Astronauts aboard APOLLO 7 ate FREEZE DRIED ICE CREAM The first BANANA SPLIT WAS SOLD IN 1904 in Pennsylvania U S A for A DIME It was made of 3 scoops of ice cream on a split banana and topped with chocolate syrup marshmallow nuts and a cherry 15 SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM became popu lar in the 1930s after an ICE CREAM TRUCK BROKE DOWN and the dessert melted YOU HAVE LEARNED 16 FACTS 5 000 AWESOME FACTS 2 9

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