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According to sales records, strawberry ice cream is the worst selling of all flavours

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Since it is the worst selling, it may be concluded that strawberry ice cream is the worst tasting ice cream.

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Chess is probably unique in that victory for one particular player depends on the fate of only one of the pieces, the king.

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When chess spread to Europe, it was seen as a prestigious pastime associated with the nobility.

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An exciting breakthrough came in 2011 when scientists discovered that cinnamon might delay the onset of memory loss in elderly people

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So prestigious was cinnamon that its sources were shrouded in mystery by merchants who wanted to protect their monopoly on supplies, so it is obvious that legends would grow up around it.

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An account attributes the discovery of coffee to an Ethiopian holy man, who not only ate the berries but also roasted and boiled them in water, which produced the fragrant brown liquid.

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Coffee-houses were popular social centres, where chess was played and dancing and music were enjoyed in comfortable surroundings, and where lively conversation and debate took place.

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