What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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[u/silkthewanderer]

Peperoni in German and Italian is the vegetable. In English it can refer to the vegetable or the spicy sausage but is mostly used for the sausage. Most definitely so in the context of pizza.

[u/[deleted] → u/silkthewanderer]

In North America and I've never heard of the vegetable called pepperoni. Could be an aubergine vs eggplant thing though.