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"The Top 8 Surprises In The Food Genome"

8.	Long regarded as closely related to the great apes, it turns out man is even more closely related to pickled cabbage.
7.	Cheez Whiz is closer to asbestos than to cheese on the genetic level.
6.	"Hey Larry! I've decoded the DNA of the lab cafeteria's mystery meat. Uhm, you can probably take down your 'Lost Dog' posters now."
5.	Many cold-blooded, prehistoric cheeses may have been wiped out by a meteor impacting the Earth.
4.	A full two-thirds of chocolate's genetic structure is dedicated to producing irresistible pheromones. So that double-fudge brownie at lunch? Not your fault!
3.	Pizza has a beer-attracting gene; beer has a pizza-attracting gene. Which surprised absolutely no one in the lab.
2.	The lutefisk gene confers the taste of warm, fish-flavored Jell-O. Fortunately, it has not been found duplicated in any other food species to date.
... And the #1 Surprise in the Food Genome ...
1.	Oddly enough, it turns out that gerbils are actually the other white meat.