Obscure facts about Cinco de Mayo

Here are some interesting and wacky facts about Cinco de mayo:

• the official Mexican dish of Cinco de mayo is called Mole Poblano. did you know that Mole is made of chocolate and spices.
• the day of the dead is a much bigger deal in Mexico than Cinco de mayo
• Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world with nearly 128 million people
• According to the California avocado Commission up to 81 million avocados are consumed by Americans during the festivities. That’s a lot of guacamole.
• 6 million cases of beer and 87.3 million pounds of avocados were sold on Cinco de Mayo during the week in 2013 making $658 million in revenue and 349 million servings of guacamole
• 6 million US residents claim Mexican descent