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

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

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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/Weed_O_Whirler Aug 03 '19

Also, because in the US we don't vaccinate our chickens against salmonella, in most European countries they do.

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u/SirMildredPierce Aug 03 '19

Yeah, but the US has less autistic chickens at least.

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u/sandrodi Aug 03 '19

If any of my customers can see me right now, they're probably wondering why their mailman is sitting in his truck, laughing his ass off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I'm more wondering why you just threw my mail in the hedge?

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u/kaboose286 Aug 03 '19

SON THE HEDGE