In 1956, Stefanos created the Dove brand of ice cream bars, which were only sold locally throughout Chicago until 1985 when distribution began in selected cities around the country. In 1986, the company was acquired by Mars, Incorporated. Dove chocolate bars were launched in test markets in the US in 1991.

The word “chocolate” comes from the Aztec word “xocoatl.” The first chocolate bar was created in 1847. Chocolate has a melting point just below the human body temperature. There are three main types of cacao beans: Criollo, Forastero, and Trinitario.

Doves are amazing animals. Their capacity to find their way home over hundreds, even thousands of kilometres is unrivalled in the animal kingdom. This uncanny ability has seen them used for centuries to deliver messages for royalty, military leaders and other notable figures.

• 10 Fun Facts About Chocolate You Never Knew!
• Chocolate is a fruit!
• It takes approximately 400 beans to make 1lb (or 454g) of chocolate!
• The average Theobroma Cacao tree produces 2500 beans each season.
• Farmers have to wait 4-5 years before the Theobroma Cacao tree is mature enough to yield fruit (aka chocolate).

Interesting Unknown facts that you need to know

• Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.
• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
• The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
• Ants take rest for around 8 Minutes in 12-hour period.
• "I Am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The main message of the Dove campaign was that women's unique differences should be celebrated, rather than ignored, and that physical appearance should be transformed from a source of anxiety to a source of confidence.

According to the biblical story (Genesis 8:11), a dove was released by Noah after the Flood in order to find land; it came back carrying a freshly plucked olive leaf (Hebrew: עלה זית alay zayit), a sign of life after the Flood and of God's bringing Noah, his family and the animals to land.

• 10 Fun Facts About Chocolate You Never Knew!
• Chocolate is a fruit!
• It takes approximately 400 beans to make 1lb (or 454g) of chocolate!
• The average Theobroma Cacao tree produces 2500 beans each season.
• Farmers have to wait 4-5 years before the Theobroma Cacao tree is mature enough to yield fruit (aka chocolate).

Our Favorite Weird Fun Facts

• The moon sits at 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles).
• Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times.
• Horrendous, tremendous, hazardous, and stupendous.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

The little dove is a heartwarming story of an injured bird and how she is taken care of by her hosts. The following are the key takeaways from the story: We should always respect our elders. Obedience is the primary object of all sound education.

The Dove Campaign was one of the first campaigns to be considered as going "viral" in the sense that to be viral was new and generally unknown at the time of the beginning of the campaign (2004). Some viewers considered the message a positive impact on the way women were viewed while others viewed it as the opposite.