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DoGeeseSeeGod Jul 27, 2025

What's the most "oof" or wtf fact you know about an everyday object?

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/29453582

What's the most "oof" or wtf fact you know about an everyday object? - Blåhaj Lemmy

Mine is this little tidbit about Khaki’s from https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/ [https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/] “Tried and tested by all the major powers, khaki-dyed, lightweight cotton twills became the de facto uniform for any colonizing power. If you were going to ship your boys abroad to pillage and conquer someplace in the Southern Hemisphere, khaki was your go-to color.”

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Beastly.gr Jul 27, 2025

Artificial raspberry flavor is made from beaver anal glands.

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PhilipTheBucket Jul 27, 2025

Which brings us to just one of those bizarre US things, "artificial flavor" versus "natural flavor" is totally arbitrary and random. It's based on which molecule, not what the source is, so you can have "natural flavors" that came from a massive stainless steel tank and will kill you if you touch them in pure form without the proper protective gear, or "artificial flavors" that come from squeezing beaver ass glands.

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Tar_Alcaran

Which brings us to just one of those bizarre US things, “artificial flavor” versus “natural flavor” is totally arbitrary and random. It’s based on which molecule, not what the source is,

But, that’s sensible. If it’s the chemical you find in raspberry, then its natural raspberry flavor. If it’s something we invented or discovered that’s like raspberry, its artificial. Who cares if it came from a bioreactor?

will kill you if you touch them in pure form without the proper protective gear,

While I wouldn’t recommend eating concentrated artificial flavours, touching them won’t kill you. Unless you jump into the reactor, but jumping into one would kill you no matter what the substance inside is.