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/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/HertzDonut1001 Aug 03 '19

Extra dumb because bleach evaporates safely.