Once a popular ingredient, blackcurrants were ruthlessly eradicated from the US landscape after unwittingly assisting a crime against pine trees. Here’s the juicy backstory
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833132-800-the-bizarre-reason-skittles-taste-different-in-the-uk-and-the-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home