Sometimes there are things you wish you’d never found out, like what vanilla and strawberry extracts used to be made from. People on the internet can never look at it the same way again after finding out it was made with goo from a beaver’s butt. Yes, really. What vanilla extract was made fromVanilla flavoring used to be made from castoreum, a substance collected from the glands of Canadian, European, and Siberian beavers which are found in between the anus and genitals. Yuck! The yellowish secretion comes from the castor sacs and beavers use it in combination with urine to scent mark their te…