They are a real thing, although, the fruits do all have to belong to the same family. For example, you can get a tree with six different types of citrus fruits on one tree, or one with yellow, green, and red apples all on the same branch.

Airplane food isn’t known for being incredibly delicious. Part of that may be because when flying at altitude in a pressurized cabin, our sense of taste and smell is drastically reduced. It can be as much as 30% less sensation for sweet and salty foods.

Everyone loves the classic pineapple and ham Hawaiian-style pizza. What most people don’t know is that it has nothing to do with Hawaii at all. The topping combination first became popular at a pizza restaurant in Ontario in the 1960s.

The bars that don’t make the cut get crushed up and placed in between the wafers. So in other words, Kit Kats are actually stuffed with more Kit Kats. No wonder they taste so good!

The name was derived from a man named Sam German. In 1852, he created a chocolate company. His dark baking chocolate bar was used in the cake recipe.

Cheese is the most frequently stolen food item in retail stores. Thieves always go for the cheese first. It means that around 1 in every 25 packs of cheese in the grocery aisle goes mysteriously missing.

Mixed in with the peanuts, chocolate, caramel, and pretzels of the Take 5 is a creamy Reese’s peanut butter. It makes sense. After all, they are both produced by The Hershey Company.

There are around 7500 varieties of apples in total. Divide that number by 365 and you get 20.55 years. You can go for two full decades without ever eating the same variety of apple twice.

A study was done to see if different alcohols affected people’s emotions differently. Out of all of the choices, red wine made people the sleepiest. Spirits, white wine, and beer didn’t have the same effect.

It seems like it could easily be fake, but corn with multi-colored kernels is actually a real thing. It’s called Glass Gem corn. The beautiful colors were created by mixing several Native American varieties of corn.

Many people think that you should always wash it first. However, professional germ experts say that washing the raw chicken may actually cause you more problems. It can spread the raw juice onto other kitchen items without actually removing the bacteria from the original piece of chicken. Cooking it will do the trick.

The fries were cooked this way up until just a few decades ago. The company ultimately changed its recipe in 1990 in an attempt to make the dish healthier. It was a response to groups who were lobbying against fat and cholesterol in fast food products. Not to mention – this wasn’t good for vegetarians!

The high-carbon content of peanut butter makes it a great substance for use in laboratory-created diamonds. A scientist on a German TV station proved that it was possible a few years ago.

It doesn’t grow on vines or trees. Asparagus simply pops up right out of the ground. There are fields upon fields of this stuff out there.

They are essentially the same genetically. However, there is one gene that causes the skin to be fuzzy in peaches and smooth in nectarines. It is either switched on or off.

The water, not milk, from inside coconuts isn’t just for drinking and cooking anymore. In crisis situations, people have often used it as a replacement for blood plasma. There are numerous examples of it being injected intravenously throughout history.

They don’t grow on trees as most people imagine. Instead, cranberries grow in vast marshes of knee-deep water. In order to pick them, you have to wade into the middle of it all.

It’s supposed to be lemon-lime, or something like that, right? That’s what many people suspect. However, upon closer inspection of the ingredients, you’ll see that the third ingredient listed is concentrated orange juice, right behind high fructose corn syrup, and carbonated water.

The cocoa beans take an incredible amount of water to grow. The most ideal cocoa-growing locations are right around the equator of the earth. Your typical bar of chocolate needs 1700 liters to be produced in the end.

It’s not just some random mystery meat. The primary ingredient of Spam is actually pork. The name was essentially meant to be a play on spiced ham.

Because of their chemistry and water content, potatoes absorb the signals in much the same way that humans do. Boeing actually placed sacks of potatoes in their plane seats to test out their wireless system.

At least, by most people’s standards. European law specifies that all chocolate must have a certain percentage of milk fat that is higher than what is required in the USA. It gives it that rich flavor that we love.

It’s likely that you’ve never actually tasted authentic wasabi. The stuff that most sushi restaurants use in the United States is a mix of horseradish, mustard, and food dye. Even in Japan, real wasabi is rare to find.

If you are looking for a natural sweetener that really packs a punch, look no further than monk fruit. Compared to sucrose (common sugar), the difference isn’t even close. You’ll only need a small pinch of the monk fruit extract.

80% of a potato is water and the other measly 20% are solids. It’s weird to think about because we consider a potato to be a very solid product. However, all of that weight is mainly due to the massive water content.

There is a long process involved before that pineapple is ready to be harvested. If you were to grow it from seed, a pineapple plant will take an entire year before it is even ready to begin forming a fruit.

The extraction process causes a lot of the natural flavors to be lost. The companies then have to mix artificial flavors in with the juice to compensate. Therefore, even it is 100% juice, it might still be very fake.

In large quantities, nutmeg can give you a buzz that lasts for multiple days. It contains an active compound called myristicin. However, due to its unpleasant side-effects, it’s not very popular.

As long as you are going to use it relatively soon, there is no real need to store it in the fridge. Butter can be left out for up to ten days without any risk, as long as your room temperature doesn’t get above 68 degrees.

The old saying goes “you can’t sell ice to an Eskimo”. However, it turns out, you kind of can. In some areas, it gets so cold that communities actually need refrigerators to keep their food warm and prevent it from getting “freezer burnt” sitting outside.

The actual meaning of the word in Dutch is “little cake”. If you think about it, that’s all a cookie really is. It’s a small cake served up in a portion size that’s only a bite or two.

The apple portion of the cashew plant is edible and is used in some juices and recipes. However, the plant is really only famous for the nut that grows on the end. They are plucked from the apple portion, then dried and cracked.

Originally, tomatoes were not only considered delicious but also medicinal. Back then, ketchup was purported to cure all sorts of illnesses and ailments. The condiment has really come a long way over time.

The little cookies with the fortunes in them are a completely American invention. They are only really seen in American Chinese restaurants. If you served them in China, people would be very confused.

If you’ve seen both names used in recipes before, we can understand your confusion. Cilantro is the American word for the spice. Whereas, the term coriander is used in the United Kingdom.

Each serving of parmesan has less than one gram of lactose in it. For all intents and purposes, that is basically nothing. It is one of the most easily digestible cheeses.

It smells very pungent when cooked. However, some of those same chemicals also cause it to be caustic to the skin. A couple of crushed garlic cloves left to sit on the skin can cause second and third-degree burns in extreme cases.

Oranges are the go-to choice when someone is lacking vitamin C. However, peppers are an even better source. A cup of chopped red bell pepper contains about three times as much vitamin C as one orange.

On a global scale, the burgers are flying off the grill faster than we can count. There is a reason why McDonald’s has had so much success over the years. They specialize in speed.

Richard Montanez worked at the Frito-Lay plant at the time. One day, he had a big idea after experimenting with spices in his kitchen. The man is now a top marketing executive at Pepsi-Co.

It’s an interesting phenomenon that you can test out for yourself. Limes are slightly more dense than water whereas lemons are slightly less dense. The result is that one sinks and one floats.

They feasted on a small lettuce plant. It was the first ever type of food that was both grown and consumed in space. It was part of a vegetable growing experiment.

Many people will be just fine drinking milk that is a few days past the expiration date. While the flavor might be a little off, it shouldn’t be unsafe at that point. Any more than a few days though and it is best to toss it.

If you are referring to all of the pasta in the dish, it’s spaghetti. However, if you are only talking about a single noodle, it’s spaghetto. That’s just how the crazy Italians do things!

We’ve heard people say that you shouldn’t leave a glass of water sit out overnight and then drink it. However, there is no scientific reason why you can’t. Water has no ingredients so it isn’t going to just randomly go bad that quick. It could potentially absorb some flavors from the air though.

It was his morning ritual. He would drink about four ounces of cider daily upon awakening. His practice seems to have caused him no ill health effects over the longterm.

In the United Kingdom and Germany, the green ones are apple flavored. We suppose that other places prefer different flavors, but still, a green strawberry? It just doesn’t make sense.

They looked nothing like the bananas we are used to now. They used to be green and had very little edible fruit inside. We only got the modern banana through years and years of careful domestication.

If they don’t specifically say that they’ve been pre-washed, you should give them a rinse. It’s important to get off any remaining dirt or pesticide residue. When consuming fresh produce, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

What did you think all of that “added fiber” was made of? Cellulose, or wood pulp as it’s otherwise known, is very common in cereals, shredded cheeses, and other similar products. Even though it sounds a little bit gross, it’s okay to eat in small amounts.

Do you absolutely hate the feeling of peanut butter or white bread stuck to the roof of your mouth and being choked? You’re not alone! The phobia or fear is called arachibutyrophobia.

Rumors are that Oreos are vegan-friendly, but that’s simply just not true. Well, maybe. According to Oreo, even though milk and eggs aren’t listed on the ingredient list, the cookies could possibly come into contact with milk during production, and therefore should be avoided by vegans.

Located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is where you’ll find the mushroom capital of the world. They are the largest exporters of mushrooms anywhere – followed by California.

If you think that the different colors of Froot Loops are different flavors – you’d be sadly mistaken. In fact, they’re all the same flavor! It’s a “blend of fruit flavors” for each one.

Did you know pound cake gets its name because there’s literally a pound of every ingredient in the recipe? No wonder it tastes so good. Here’s the original recipe.

“Prince Charles had his vintage Aston Martin rigged to run on wine, and claims that it runs better and more powerfully while on the spirit—plus, it smells better while it’s driving, too,” says Taste of Home.

Drinking hot chocolate is not a new pastime. In fact, the Mayans and Aztecs used hot chocolate in ceremonies, celebrations, and weddings. It was considered a very special and luxurious treat.

You’d think that anything with the word “berry” in its name would be a berry…but nope! A berry must have an outer skin, a fleshy middle, and seeds on the inside – not the outside. So, strawberries aren’t technically a berry but watermelons and bananas are!

Sorry to gross you out but honey is actually merely bee vomit. They collect nectar from flowering plants, drink it, takes it back to the hive, then regurgitates it into the ‘honey stomach’ of a processor bee. They then regurgitate it onto the hive and allows it to ripen and turn into honey.

Rhubarb has the ability to grow up to one inch per day. It’s a rate so fast that you can actually hear it creaks and pop as it gets bigger and bigger. Pretty crazy, right? Listen up for your growing rhubarb!

The original carrots of the earth were not orange. In fact, the original varieties were purple and yellow. It wasn’t until six centuries later that the orange variety came about.

When you shake ketchup, it changes the round tomato particles into thinner, oval shapes. This makes it 1,100 times more runny and the perfect consistency for squirting on your favorite foods. Give that bottle a good shake!

Have you seen in movies that children give their teachers apples? Well, that was actually a very common practice in the 16th-18th centuries. Then, the teachers’ salary was so low, the students would provide them with apples to help compensate. Apples were a common crop during this time.

At one point in time, sesame seeds were worth more than gold! In some cultures, they were considered to bring fortune and abundance, making it one of the most valuable substances on the planet. Think about that the next time you see them on your burger bun!

It might be low-cal but Jell-O is not vegetarian. Anything with gelatin isn’t, in fact. Gelatin is a substance made from boiling skin, cartilage, and bones from pigs, cows, and chickens. There are vegetarian and vegan gelatin alternatives out there.

“There’s a theory that banana flavoring was based on the extinct Gros Michel variety of banana, though since it’s no longer commercially grown, we’ll likely never know,” says Taste of Home. That’s why those banana-flavored candies always taste a little strange.

Those melty slices of American cheese on your burger are actually ‘pasteurized prepared cheese product’. By the FDA definition, cheese products have at least 51% cheese—the rest is milk and additives. Nonetheless, it’s still delicious!

The absolute wonder of sliced bread came about in 1928 – the introduction of machine-sliced bread. However, 15 years later in 1943, it was banned by the FDA for using too much plastic that was needed for the war. The ban lasted for 3 months after public outcry.

Need to check if a cranberry is fresh? Bounce one on the counter and it should bounce right back! If not, they’re probably over-ripe and need to be tossed.

Scared of sharks? Well, turns out, they’re not quite as scary as falling coconuts! Each year, around 150 people are killed by coconuts compared to just 10 by sharks. Careful under those coconut palms!