28 Odd Facts About the Foods and Snacks You Shove Down Your Throat by the Fistful

Give your belly a break and shove these in your brain

Another lesson learned for us fact-finders today. Turns out that just because a food has a country in its name, it doesnt mean that it originated in that country. English muffins? Not so English. German chocolate cake? Not so German. These (and a few other shockers) will forever have us researching any bold claim in the food game.

Wed never do a fact dirty like that. When we say its a Cracked fact, you bet your bottom dollar that its a tried-and-true Cracked fact. For shame, food. For shame.

Tea Bags

German Chocolate Cake

Sausages

The Cubano

Chicken Tikka Masala

Spaghetti

The Coca-Cola Bottle

Spaghetti Bolognese

Gatorade

Banana Trees

Yoo-hoo

Ketchup

Olives

The Red Liquid in Steak

Early Toasters

Fortune Cookies

Strawberries

Ice Cream

Coffee

Vlasic Pickles

Chicken Wings

Fake Wasabi

Hass Avocados

English Muffins

The Hard Shell Taco

Mangoes ‘Round the World

Pineapples in the Colonies

The Great Wall of China

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