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Fact: The name of the inventor of Cheese is unknown but it is believed to have been invented in c. 7,500 BCE in Poland, Central Europe.
Fact: Europe became the cheese maker region of the world. In 1070, cheese is mentioned in documents in France.
Fact: In 2019, the most expensive wheel of cheese is sold in Spain for 20,500 Euros, or $22,500.
Fact: By 2900 BCE, Cheese was widely consumed in Egypt. Evidence was found in a tomb.
Fact: Cheese has been produced in America since early in the 17th century when English Puritans brought their knowledge of cheesemaking to the English colonies of the New World.
Fact: French created the Roquefort blue cheese, infested with a mold called penicillium roqueforti, dates back to the 7th century. Stilton and Gorgonzola also owe their blue veins or marbling to molds.
Fact: In 1845, cheese is produced in Wisconsin, now a major state in cheese production in the US.
Fact: By the time of the Roman Empire in 27 BCE, cheese-making had become a widespread, highly valued process and mass produced throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Fact: In 1851, Jesse Williams of Rome, Georgia in the United States opened the first the cheese factory and introduced the large-scale production of cheeses, producing 100,000 pounds of cheese in its first year.
Fact: Famous names of cheeses include Gorgonzola Cheese, that was made for the first time in 879 AD in the Pro Valley, Italy. The first Cheddar cheese was made c1180 in England. Emmental Cheese was first made in Switzerland during the early 1300's.