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8 candy facts that will ruin your childhood.

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What We Found

A dentist helped invent machine-spun cotton candy.

Haribo recalled bags in the Netherlands after cannabis was found.

Candy corn was sold as "Chicken Feed," not invented as feed.

Skittles aren't banned in Europe. The EU banned one coloring (E171, titanium dioxide), and Skittles were reformulated.

Workers who fell into a Mars chocolate vat were rescued, not killed.

Sources

  1. nationalgeographic.com (opens in new tab)
  2. nationalgeographic.com (opens in new tab)
  3. ec.europa.eu (opens in new tab)
  4. consumerreports.org (opens in new tab)
  5. theguardian.com (opens in new tab)
  6. bbc.com (opens in new tab)

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