Cincinnati is a fun town that is home to many fun and peculiar facts. If you grew up in the Queen City, you'd probably be pretty good at a game of Cincinnati trivia, but do you think you know it all? Of course, no one knows all of the interesting facts about Cincinnati, but most do know about the large local company, Rumpke. Rumpke is a well-known waste and recycling company in our area that is home to a literal mountain of trash. You can see if from the road, but have you ever wondered what oddities are buried in there? If you're curious, few people actually know that the world's largest chocolate bar was buried right here in Cincinnati, so take a closer look at this peculiar destination in our city.

The story of Rumpke began all the way back in the 1930s when the founder, William F. Rumpke, ran a junkyard and coal delivery business in Cincinnati.

Amazingly, the business has stayed in the family for almost 90 years and remains one of the biggest success stories of local businesses in Cincinnati.

Rumpke has been in the forefront of the trash and recycling industry since it began and has many awards to its credit.

During World War II, it was one of southwestern Ohio’s first recycling operations, and continues to do new and innovative things today.

The main facility and well known "Mt. Rumpke" are located in Colerain Township, and have always been the source of many tales.

If you've ever driven along Colerain Avenue, heading north toward Ross, you've likely noticed the massive mountain to your right. From a distance, it just looks like any other huge dirt pile (although the scent is quite different).

When you get a closer look, you'll see that the hills are filled with people's trash - our trash - that has been dumped here for years.

We all throw out many interesting things and probably even things we shouldn't. But have you ever wondered what the most peculiar things are that have been tossed into Rumpke dump?

If you go on a tour of Rumpke, you'll learn that buried deep inside the dump is the world's largest chocolate bar.

At least, it was the largest at the time it was thrown away. Just imagine all of the great chocolate that was lost when it was tossed! More details about the bar and other interesting facts are shared during the tour. And if you want another weird fact, an actual circus elephant is also buried here, after it passed away when the circus was in town. When you think about it, where else would you bury an elephant?

In addition to all of the weird things that are now just impacted dirt within the dump, Rumpke does many impressive things with recycling.

These cans have been turned into bales, which each contain about 24,000 cans and weight 800 lbs. These recycled cans will be used to make new cans, and the process only takes approximately 60 days.

The next time you see the Rumpke garbage truck pull up in front of your house, think about the odd things people throw away.

Surely there are even more bizarre items buried deep in the dump, but Mt. Rumpke will forever keep them hidden and they will always make for fun facts about Cincinnati.

If you ever want to impress people with facts about Cincinnati, don't forget to tell them about the world's largest chocolate bar that is buried somewhere in "Mt. Rumpke." You might as well share about the elephant, too! Did you know these peculiar facts about Cincinnati? What other pieces of trivia can you share? We'd love to read them in the comments!

For more information on tours of Rumpke, where you can learn more interesting facts, visit its website here.

Address: 3800 Struble Road, Cincinnati, OH 45251

And for more facts about Cincinnati that every local should know, check out our previous article here.