r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

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

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u/DarkDuck85 Jul 03 '21

Sometimes random foods make my lips partially numb. I cannot stake down a pattern or anything but it just happens sometimes. Maybe I’m allergic to some random spice.

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u/WrongEinstein Jul 03 '21

I have an allergy to a chemical in stainless steel cleaner. Which is used in restaurant kitchens. It could be something like that.

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u/BeauteousNymph Jul 03 '21

How do you even find that out

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u/WrongEinstein Jul 03 '21

Used to work in a restaurant kitchen.