# Do you Know Where Brussel Sprouts Come From?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339 "2020-04-22T13:00:09Z")\
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> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> Famously, a few years ago a number of Dopers admitted they thought pineapples came from trees. Funny how some little bits of knowledge passes us by.

This bears repeating. In a thread that dealt mostly with [What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666205)

> [@What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-factory-makes-milk/635373/48):
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> . . . I thought pineapples grew on pine trees.

> [@What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-factory-makes-milk/635373/49):
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> No, that’s where we get Pine-sol.

> [@What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-factory-makes-milk/635373/52):
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> When the mommy pine tree and the daddy apple tree are very drunk…

> [@What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-factory-makes-milk/635373/91):
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> (Just noticed the above-quoted items today.)
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> Also, cinnamon comes from pine trees! I just discovered that a few years ago. Around December (I guess that’s when pine cones are in season), all the supermarkets around here sell cinnamon pine cones. Maybe they’ve always had them, but I just recently noticed. Who knew that cinnamon comes from pine cones?
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> (And I think, if you cross a cow with a chicken and feed the babies cinnamon pine cones, they will produce egg-nog.)

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