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Cacao was often used for ceremonial occasions like weddings. It was brewed in both Mexican and Aztec culture, but the result was not at all similar to today’s hot chocolate as it was a far more bitter affair.

Set designers spent a lot of money on Frasier Crane’s apartment in the TV series Frasier. The chic Seattle apartment cost nearly half a million dollars! A staggering $15,000 was spent on the couch alone, a replica of Coco Chanel’s couch. Let's hope that Martin’s recliner was slightly less expensive.

If you like fish, think about this! Farm-raised salmon is usually white, so salmon farmers add carotenoids, a type of plant pigment, to the fish feed to produce the natural pink color that wild salmon exhibit.