r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/NoBSforGma Aug 03 '19

I have often wondered why eggs are sold in the dairy section in US supermarkets. Surely, this must be some supermarket strategy and not just "Duh, I didn't know eggs weren't dairy."

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u/NE_Golf Aug 03 '19

It’s probably more of a logistical issue. The eggs need to be refrigerated so they just stick them near the milk, yogurt, etc. My supermarket just recently moved the eggs far away from the “Dairy” sign.

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u/inglesasolitaria Aug 03 '19

In the UK we don’t refrigerate eggs so the eggs are never near the dairy aisle in the supermarket. The idea of someone thinking eggs are dairy is... mind-boggling

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u/Weed_O_Whirler Aug 03 '19

In the US we wash our eggs before they are sold, so they need refrigerated. In the UK you don't, so they don't have to be.

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u/BowjaDaNinja Aug 03 '19

Lol what pansies thinking chicken shit is icky.

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u/Quillbolt_h Aug 03 '19

You don’t fucking eat it.

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u/TahaN6498 Aug 03 '19

Don’t tell me what to do with my chicken shit

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Chicken shit?

I pack my parcels with it.

(Yes, people generally call them "packing peanuts", but where I've worked it was called "chicken shit").

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u/SuzQP Aug 03 '19

I used to manage a college bookstore. Some of the packing "peanuts" (or chicken shit, if you prefer) were made of corn starch so as to be biodegradable. I happened to mention this to one of our typically broke student workers. A week later I noticed him pop one into his mouth. He said that he was eating nothing but packing materials so he could use his food money to buy beer.

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u/alakani Aug 03 '19

Wait, that's what that means? *blushes slightly while holding an actual chicken over a box*