1. A chipotle pepper is just a dried and smoked jalapeño.
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2. Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish have the same base.
3. "Double Stuf" Oreos don't actually have twice the creme filling.
4. Flamin' Hot Cheetos were invented by a janitor who was working at the Frito-Lay plant.
5. Cilantro and fresh coriander are the same thing.
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6. Spam is named for the combination of the words "spice" and "ham."
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7. Kit Kats are filled with broken Kit Kats.
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8. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous in large doses.
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9. McDonalds nuggets come in four distinctive shapes.
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10. Bananas are berries — and strawberries are not.
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11. Honey never goes bad.
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12. Pound cake got its name because the original recipe contained one pound of each main ingredient.
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13. Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlrabi all come from the same plant.
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14. Allspice isn't actually a mix of other spices.
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15. All Froot Loops technically taste the same, no matter what color they are.
16. Asparagus grows straight out of the ground.
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17. In 2018, Nabisco redesigned its iconic animal crackers box after PETA flagged it.
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18. The biggest difference between jam and jelly? Jam is made with fruit — and jelly is made with fruit juice.
19. Most raw oysters are still alive when you eat them.
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20. Red, yellow, and green bell peppers are all the same vegetable. They're just at different stages of development.
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21. Haribo green gummy bears aren't lime or green apple flavored. (They're strawberry.)
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22. Loofahs — aka: shower scrubbers — are made from gourds.
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23. Tootsie Rolls start out as giant 13-pound logs that are then shaped down to their mini size.
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