One thing's for sure and that's that we all know ice cream is delicious, what's less known is that their was a crude form of ice cream eaten as far back as the 5th century.
At least that's the history according to this infographic from Rebellion Media posted over on Visually.
It sets out a range of ice cream facts from the amount consumed each year in America to just how much milk it takes to produce a gallon of ice cream.
With the sun now shining down on us and ice cream firmly on the menu - take a look at get your ice cream knowledge up to scratch.
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