7 facts about pretzels

1. Pretzels are thought to date back to A.D. 610, when an Italian monk rewarded students by serving them baked scraps of leftover dough. He called them "pretiolas," Latin for "little rewards."
2. The annual United States pretzel industry is worth over $550 million.
3. George W Bush fainted and fell from a couch after choking on a pretzel.
4. There was a prezel museum in Philidelphia.
5. Pretzels without salt are called baldies.
6. German kids wear pretzels around their neck for good luck around New Year.
7. The largest pretzel ever baked weighed 431 pounds and was 12 feet across.