Easter Facts

The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.

During an Easter egg hunt in Surrey in 2016, about 30 kids spotted two men sprinting across a field with a police helicopter circling overhead. Without being told, the children lay down in the dirt and formed a giant human arrow pointing the helicopter straight at the fleeing suspects. Both men were caught. The crew landed to thank the kids — and the children shared their own Easter chocolate with them.

Warren Robinett made Atari millions with Adventure. His salary was $22,000 a year. No royalties. No credit. Atari refused to put developers' names on games. So he hid a secret room containing the words "Created by Warren Robinett" and left before anyone noticed. A teenager found it. Atari kept it in. They called it an "Easter egg." The term stuck.

They're sold in over 170 countries. But bring a Kinder Surprise egg into the United States and customs will seize it. A toy inside a chocolate egg violates a 1938 federal law. Border agents confiscated over 60,000 in one year. The original Kinder Surprise remains contraband.