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Surely every person in Britain grew up asking their mum and dads for Kinder Surprise eggss in sweet shops when they were little.

The only thing better than being given chocolate as a kid is being given chocolate with a toy inside - which you can then build yourself and feel like you're really smart.

Did you ever stop to think about why the little case containing your toy is yellow? No, why would you?

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But there's actually a really obvious reason the plastic pods are always the colour of sunshine.

It's meant to look like the yolk when you crack the egg open.

People are only just realising this and sharing their disbelief on Twitter. It's definitely blowing a few minds.

Most people are marvelling about how many years they've spent on this earth never putting two and two together.

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If you're into egg-shaped chocolates, you might want to have a go at this Creme Egg-based recipe ahead of Easter.

Scotch Creme Eggs combine the Cadbury favourites with cake and even more chocolate to make a huge boulder-like treat with a gooey centre.

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The (admittedly calorific) treat, posted to Omm-Nomm.com , is a Cadbury Creme Egg surrounded by chocolate cake and buttercream before being smothered in melted and grated chocolate.

In the interests of research, we decided to make a batch and film the baking process to prove how easy it is to do.

Watch the video above to learn how to make them - and let us know how you get on if you try.