Toppings:

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  The favorite topping is still chocolate syrup
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  The biggest ice cream sundae ever made was 12 feet high and made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream and 7,000 pounds of toppings in Anaheim, Calif., during 1985.

Sales:

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  Super premium and premium ice cream represent about 41.4 percent of the total dollar sales of ice cream.
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  Ice cream is an $11 billion retail industry.

Vanilla:

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  80 percent of the world's Vanilla Bean used for ice cream is grown in Madagascar.

Novelties:

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  Ice cream novelties such as ice cream on sticks and ice cream bars were introduced in the 1920's.
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  Adults consume nearly one-half of all ice cream novelties.