25 Mind-Blowing Facts About Food That Will Probably Fuck You Up A Little
1. Figs have wasps in them.
2. Humans are born craving sugar.
3. Peanuts aren't nuts, they're legumes.
4. Chocolate was once used as currency.
5. Spam is short for "Spiced Ham".
6. Most wasabi is just dyed horseradish.
7. Every banana you eat is a clone.
8. Baby carrots don't exist.
9. Pineapples grow on bushes.
10. Cashew shells are poisonous.
11. Strawberries aren't berries, but avocados are.
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Botanically speaking, a true berry is a fleshy fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower containing one or more seeds on the inside of the flesh. Avocados fit this definition, but strawberries, which develop from multiple ovaries and have seeds on the outside, don't.
12. Oysters are alive when you eat them.
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Dead oysters can contain high numbers of bacteria which can make you very, very ill.
13. Honey will never go off.
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The acidity, lack of water, and the presence of hydrogen peroxide in a sealed jar or bottle of honey is the secret to its eternal shelf life.
14. Carrots were originally purple.
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The modern day orange carrot only exists because Dutch growers in the late 17th century cultivated mutated strains of the purple variety.
15. Chocolate can kill dogs.
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Chocolate contains theobromine, a bitter chemical found in cocoa beans, which has been tied to illnesses in dogs. In large enough amounts, the toxic reaction to the chemical could cause severe harm.
16. Ketchup was once sold as medicine.
Concentrated into pill form, It was believed that ketchup could treat diarrhea, violent bilious attacks, and indigestion.
17. Mountain Dew is mainly just orange juice.
18. All Froot Loops taste the same.
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Turns out that those delicious, multicoloured loops you ate all throughout your childhood don't actually represent different fruit flavours.
19. Parmesan isn't vegetarian.
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Parmesan, like many other high-end cheeses, is made using rennet which is traditionally sourced from the lining of a calf's stomach.
20. The M's in M&M's stand for "Mars & Murrie".
Forrest E. Mars Senior and Bruce Murrie were the co-creators of M&Ms.
21. Eating pineapples breaks down your flesh.
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Fresh pineapples contain bromelain, an enzyme which breaks down proteins and essentially attacks
your tongue, cheeks, and lips on contact. It's basically "tenderising"
the inside of your mouth. But don't worry, your cells regenerate
quickly.
22. Insect secretions are used to make jelly beans shiny.
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The shine comes from using shellac, which is a resin that's secreted by the female lac bug.
23. Red food colouring is made from ground up insects.
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One of the most common red colour additives
known as cochineal (it can also appear as carmine, carminic acid,
Natural Red 4, or E120 on food and cosmetic labels) is derived from a
type of scale insect.
24. The same wax used for cars is found in fruit flavoured snacks.
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Carnauba wax
is both used as a shiny glaze to finish off gummy snacks and as an
ingredient in car polish. The only difference is that in the gummies the
overall percentage of wax used amounts to 2%, whereas in car polishes
it sits around 30%.
25. Chili peppers trick your mouth into "thinking" it's being burned.
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The burning sensation you experience
all comes down to a chemical compound found in peppers called
capsaicin. Capsaicin binds to pain receptors on your nerves, causing
your brain and body to react in a similar way as if there was something
hot in your mouth.
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