# Today is World Chocolate Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 7, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301 "2016-07-07T10:20:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/1 "2016-07-07T10:20:26Z")

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[Here’s](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/healthy-eating/chocolate-10-health-reasons-you-should-eat-more-of-it/) why eating chocolate is good for you.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/2 "2016-07-07T10:34:29Z")

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Huzzah!

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**Author:** ![heartsplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@heartsplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heartsplayer)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/3 "2016-07-07T21:54:44Z")

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Well I never! I always thought that chocolate was bad for you!

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/4 "2016-07-08T01:32:52Z")

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Taxonomic genus of the source plant: _Theobroma_ - “food of the gods”. Nailed that one.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/5 "2016-07-08T15:53:17Z")

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I guess everybody was off gorging themselves sick and/or sticky on chocolate, and consequently unable to post? ☹

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-world-chocolate-day/759301/6 "2016-07-08T15:58:05Z")

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Considering that I’m sick and the only thing I’ve been able to have today has been two small chocolate minis and a bottle of chocolate milk, I endorse this holiday.