33 Facts About Food We Can’t Eat, But Not for Lack of Trying
![33 Facts About Food We Can’t Eat, But Not for Lack of Trying](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/2/867912_320x180.jpg)
For the last time, you can't eat these facts about food! We know that you’re hungry for knowledge, and a lot of the pictures below have compelling images of various foods, but we cannot stress enough that you should not try to put your phone or your computer computer monitor into your mouth in order to eat these facts. These fascinating facts about things that are edible are not themselves edible, and you will find yourself in serious gastrointestinal distress if you attempt to force them down your gob.
So go on, learn some fun trivia about food by consuming the words and photos through your eyes. Once again, do not try to put them in your mouth! That is both impractical, and hugely problematic to your body.
Strawberries
![Strawberries as we know them don't occur in nature. The hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry was invented in France in the 18th century. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/1/867881.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Bread
![Electric toasters predate sliced bread. The first electric toaster was invented in 1893. Pre-sliced bread wasn't available commercially unti 1928. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/0/867880.jpg)
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Olives
![Black olives are just ripe green olives. Freshly picked olives are inedible, so both green and black olives are cured. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/5/867865.jpg)
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Kale
![Pizza Hut used to be the largest purchaser of kale in the U.S. Pizza Hut Pizza-Hut 5' It wasn't even eaten - it was a garnish on their salad bars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/3/867883.jpg)
Cashews
![This is what cashews really look like. They're a seed, not a nut, and they grow on an evergreen tree. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/8/867858.jpg)
Pistachios
![Pistachios spontaneously combust. Large quantities of raw pistachios are prone to heating up, and their oil catching fire. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/8/867888.jpg)
Peanut Butter
![Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter. Specifically, getting it stuck to the roof of your mouth and choking. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/2/867872.jpg)
Candy
![Lots of candy is made of beetles and car wax. Cochineal is a gross little bug that's boiled for its red pigment. Car wax is shiny. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/6/867866.jpg)
Ice Cream
![Ice cream actually warms you up. X Your body heats up a little bit when digesting the fat content of ice cream. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/9/867859.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Steak
![The red puddle under your steak isn't blood. x Blood is drained before butchering. The liquid is a mixture of water and the protein myoglobin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/867878.jpg)
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Vlasic
![Vlasic has a stork mascot because pregnant women supposedly crave pickles. Jassic Gall TASTE Masic BTC. CRUNCH SINCE KOSHER DILL am WHOLES The secret to Vlasic's success was to sell their Polish pickles in glass jars. And a killer marketing campaign. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/8/867868.jpg)
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Coffee
![Coffee doesn't taste as good as it smells because salivia wipes away the flavor. 300 of the 631 chemicals involved in forming the coffee scent are digested or changed by saliva. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/9/867869.jpg)
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Rhubarb
![Rhubarb grows so fast, you can hear it. Forcer pots limit photosynthesis, causing stalks to grow extremely rapidly. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/3/867873.jpg)
Strawberries
![Strawberries aren't berries; bananas are. Strawberries are in the same family as apples, cherries, and roses. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/5/867885.jpg)
Beer
![Russia didn't classify beer as alcoholic until 2011. Pamium PREMIER BALTIKA OBOLON OOLER Magna S TIL Premium not QUEEN Fa VERAINE MACICLICO Anything under 10% ABV was a soft drink. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/1/867861.jpg)
Jelly Beans
![It can take two weeks to make a single jelly bean. Sour flavors take the longest to congeal. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/9/867889.jpg)
Avocado
![Almost all avocados in the U.S. can be traced back to a single tree. The Hass avocado is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/9/867879.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Chicken Wings
![Before 1965, chicken wings were discarded for being undesirable. Before buffalo wings, they were considered the worst parts of the chicken. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/4/867874.jpg)
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Fortune Cookies
![Fortune cookies originated in San Francisco. x y Numbers 27. at you can do You '11 new Before WWII, they were known as fortune tea cakes, influenced by Japanese tea cakes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/7/867867.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Wasabi
![Most wasabi is just horseradish tinted green. Real wasabi tastes more herbal and is difficult to grow, making it more expensive to produe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/6/867886.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Figs
![When you bite into a fig, you run the risk of eating a dead wasp. Wasps lay eggs in inedible male figs, but they sometimes get stuck and die in the female figs you see in the grocery store. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/3/867863.jpg)
Corned Beef
![Someone smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space. The astronaut got in trouble, but the sandwich is now in a museum. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/867860.jpg)
Pizza
![An 18-inch pizza is more than twice as large as a 12-inch pizza. Four square feet more, to be precise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/7/867877.jpg)
Hamburgers
![One burger can contain hundreds of cows. All thanks to a 1960's innovation called the disassembly line. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/0/867870.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Pineapple
![A single pineapple used to cost $8000. Pineapples were imported to be used as lavish decoration in the American colonies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/4/867884.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Sticky Rice
![The Great Wall of China is held together with sticky rice. The innovative use of sticky rice in mortar has helped the structure survive the elements. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/867862.jpg)
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Mangoes
![The most widely consumed fruit in the world is the mango. Apples and oranges don't even compare to mangoes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/2/867882.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Hard Shell Tacos
![Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. x They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/4/867864.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
English Muffins
![English muffins were made in New York. They also aren't muffins. They're crumpets. What a misnomer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/867875.jpg)
Nutella
![Nutella uses 25% of the world's hazelnuts. utella And they own one of the largest hazelnut producers in the world, so there's nothing you can do about it! NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/0/867890.jpg)
Birds' Nest Soup
![Bird saliva is a Chinese delicacy. Birds' Nest Soup is dangerous to harvest and difficult to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/6/867876.jpg)
Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts
Pizza
![Pizza Hut delivered to the ISS. The company paid the Russian space agency $1 million to deliver a salami pie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/7/867887.jpg)