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The scientific name of the cacao tree, Theobroma, is Latin for "God's joke."


Sorry, the joke's on you. The correct answer is, "food of the gods."

This recent headline is no joke, though: Two researchers discovered that "when a moderately high-voltage electric field was applied to molten Hershey bars, an almost instantaneous change occurs: The thin chocolate liquid becomes a stiff gel." Could Hershey's Kisses replace those dangerous airbags?

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