Ice Cream Day 2020 : Fun Facts That You Never Knew About Ice Cream

Be it summers or winters, ice cream is an evergreen dessert that is savoured throughout the year. Be it kids, adults or the elderly, everybody loves this sweet and refreshing delight. Coming in a plethora of flavours, ice cream has gone through several experiments and combinations. It can be paired with other desserts, topped on waffles or just eat with some chocolate syrup. Available in chocolate, strawberry, butterscotch, vanilla, mango, pista and many more, ice cream always leaves us craving for more. This year, ice cream day would be celebrated on July 19th to celebrate everybody’s beloved dessert.

History Of Ice Cream Day

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National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. It was started in the USA and was signed into public law by President Ronald Reagan on July 9, 1984. Post that, the popularity of ice cream day spread to other countries and the whole world started celebrating it.

Though no one knows the exact year of origin of ice cream, some speculate that it was invented in the Achaemenid Empire in about 500BC. People belonging to the Persian Empire too used to make ice cream by putting snow in a bowl and pouring grape juice over it.

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Marco Polo too bought back a recipe from one of his travels, which was known as sherbet. It is said that this recipe later evolved into ice cream. The dessert was introduced officially to the public in the year 1660.

The ice cream gained popularity in the US after the American Revolution and later spread to other countries as well. Through the years ice cream has gone through several changes, be it types, flavours or add ons.

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Fun facts about ice cream

1. First ice cream factory: The first commercial ice cream factory which manufactured ice cream on a large scale, was set up in Boston in the year 1851.

2. How many licks to finish an ice cream?: If you lick away your whole ice cream, then on average you will take approximately 50-60 licks to finish it. The number of licks can increase or decrease, depending on the quantity of ice cream.

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3. Missed in space?: According to NASA, ice cream is one of the top three food items that astronauts miss while in space.

4. Biggest ice cream sundae ever: The world’s biggest ice cream sundae was made in Alberta, Canada in the year 1988. It weighed a whopping 24,000 kg.

5. Talk about weird flavours: Which is your favourite flavour? Must be chocolate, mango, butterscotch or something of that sort, right? Well, some people have gone to the extreme and experimented with ice cream in the weirdest way possible. Some of the strangest ice cream flavours found are avocado, garlic, chili, licorice, cheese, and bacon.

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6. Most popular topping: Chocolate syrup is undoubtedly the most popular topping. It is used worldwide as an ice cream topping, as it is not only easy to use but also gives an added flavour to the ice cream.

7. Ice cream’s relation with brain freeze: Ever felt a sharp sensation in your mouth which travels all the way up to your brain when you eat frozen ice cream? Well, the scientific term for this reaction is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, which is also known as brain freeze.

Basically, the roof of your mouth has temperature sensors, which sends a message of heat loss, whenever you eat something extremely cold. Your brain gets into panic mode, which leads to a sharp headache or tingling sensations.

All you need to do in order to combat brain freeze is touch the roof of your mouth with your tongue. This will help you mouth tone down and will provide instant warmth to, which will make your brain come out of the panic mode.

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