Did You Know? (Choco-holics Unite!)

Did You Know? (Choco-holics Unite!) April 11, 2012

In 1648, according to the diary of English Jesuit Thomas Gage, the women of Chiapas Real arranged for the murder of a certain bishop who forbade them to drink chocolate during mass. In an ironic twist, the pontiff was ultimately found murdered after someone had added poison to his daily cup of chocolate.

Makes you pause before ever saying “Death by Chocolate…”


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