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Do you consider yourself a foodie? Think you know the ins-and-outs of what we stuff in our faces every day?
Well, if so, you should definitely keep reading because these food facts are jam-packed with information you might be totally in the dark about, foodie or not.
Read on, friends.
1. Peppers
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A chipotle pepper is simply a dried and smoked jalapeño. In fact, all dried chiles have different names than their fresh counterparts.
2. I knew it!
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Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish both have the same base.
3. A little short
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Double Stuf Oreos DO NOT have twice the creme filling. In fact, a curious math teacher discovered that the Double Stufs only have 1.86x the creme as the original cookies, to be extremely precise.
4. Always listen to all of your employees
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Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were invented by a janitor who worked at the Frito-Lay plant.
5. Now it all makes sense
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Spam is named for a combination of “spice” and “ham.”
6. Delish!
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Kit Kats are filled…with other broken Kit Kats.
7. Not too much, now
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Rhubarb leaves are poisonous…so if you’re growing it in your garden, beware. And make sure your kids don’t get into it, too.
8. Four shapes
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McDonald’s nuggets come in four distinct shapes: Bell, Bone, Boot, and Ball.
9. Which one’s which?
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Bananas are technically berries, while technically strawberries are not berries.
10. For all time
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Honey never goes bad. EVER. So tuck that away into your apocalypse-prepper brain…
11. Pounds for days
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Pound cake got its name because the original recipe contained one pound of each ingredient.
12. Quite an impressive plant
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Kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi all come from the same plant. It’s called Brassica oleracea, and it’s been bred over time to provide a literal half dozen different veggies for your plate.
13. Straight up
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Asparagus grows straight up out of the ground.
14. Gimme the big guns
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Tootsie Rolls start out as huge 13-pound logs that are shaped down to their little sizes.
15. That’s the difference
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The difference between jam and jelly is thus: jam is made with fruit; jelly is made with fruit juice.
