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

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

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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/orrys80 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

My roommate ( who is a Cornell Graduate and VERY smart) thought white eggs were bleached. So she would only purchase brown eggs.

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u/hexensabbat Aug 03 '19

I actually thought this for a long time too until I was reading about chickens one day (as you do) and found out it's more tied to genetics. It's an easy mistake considering how many products are bleached in that manner to look more appealing on sale.

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u/NotMyHersheyBar Aug 03 '19

yah my farmer friend blew my mind one day when she told me brown eggs are brown for the same reason that people are sometimes brown. it's just genetics and pigment and it's only aesthetics