Learn the Weird and Surprising History of Easter Egg Dye! [VIDEO]

Last week we asked you about your favorite way to dye Easter Eggs. Almost all of you just said the traditional PAAS egg-dying kits from the supermarket. That inspired me to give you the weird and interesting history of America's favorite Easter product.

• PAAS comes from the Dutch word for Easter: Pasen
• The first Easter Egg dying kit went to market in 1893!
• You can use liquid food coloring and vinegar. What you're getting in a PAAS kit is the dye in tablets (invented by American food innovator William Townley).
• PAAS now offers 20 varieties of egg-dying kits.
• Patton Oswalt has a famous (NSFW) comedy bit about PAAS.
• The PAAS animated characters got their own movie in 1983 called "Peter and the Magic Egg."