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Scotland has more than 30.000
freshwater lochs

Male wee deters badgers. I think my husband and his allotment buddies are thinking of holding a wee party. Will hide behind the hedge!!

I looked up the lingering after a funeral - and it is true! I also found out that putting a stamp on a letter upside down is an act of treason. I accidentally did this last week. Anxiously awaiting my arrest!

brittontime.com/2020/11/09/10-weird-uk-laws-people-break-every-day/

The article in the quote says "Meghan Markle is a descendant of both King Edward III, and King Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour, according to genealogists." Not very good genealogists if they do say exactly that, or not a very good reporter if they misquoted the genealogists.

Antonia

I have read that Meghan Markle is descended from King Edward and Jane Seymour. Who knew?

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/meghan-markles-royal-links-to-medieval-king-and-16th-century-queen-of-england-36909509.html

I believe it says she is linked to them, her 12th great grandmother was 2nd cousin to Jane Semour, Henry and Jane had one son, Edward who produced no heirs before he died so he has no descendants. But even so she has tried to break links with Royalty.

Incidentally I did know about pineapples, from watching the film Blue Hawaii in the 60s and no, I can't lick my elbows.

Antonia

I have read that Meghan Markle is descended from King Edward and Jane Seymour. Who knew?

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/meghan-markles-royal-links-to-medieval-king-and-16th-century-queen-of-england-36909509.html

A false claim. Ancestry found that "Jane was a second cousin to Isabel Hildyard, Meghan’s 12th great-grandmother" But being descended from Jane Seymour's second cousin is nowhere near the same as being descended from Jane Seymour.

For that, MM would need to have a direct line back to Edward VI, the son of King Henry VIII by Jane. Edward died on 6 July 1553 aged 15 with no children.

GagaJo

In the USA, some hair products advertise that they contain placenta.

Toiletries with placenta have been round since the 1970s at least.

Bottlenosed dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Distemper (in dogs) is immunologically related to measles.
Anne Boleyn had a bigger bust than Jayne Mansfield, and both died by decapitation.
(From my store of conversation-killers for parties...)

Seagulls only weigh 10 ounces on account of their hollow bones.

Only 2 countries have square flags - Switzerland and the Vatican City ?

Sue450

I can’t rub my tum and pat my head at the same time ??

I can, though I have often heard that it is impossible.

How many more of you can, too?

I've been to the Galapagos and saw towns there and houses out in the country. Unfortunately the inhabitants also have pet dogs and cats which ravage the wildlife.
Did you know that in the Galapagos the wildlife is so tame that you can actually go up to nesting birds and seals etc and they display no signs of fear? Did you know that on the inhabited islands the seals actually get up onto public benches and sleep on them? Nobody is allowed to disturb them.

Dungeness has the only official desert in Europe.

Grandmamaoftwo

The balcony, where Shakespeare had Romeo pledge his undying love to Juliet. ... This balcony wasn't even added to the facade of the house until 1936. In fact, the balcony was actually taken from an ancient sarcophagus and re-purposed to match the Medieval. A local guide told us this shattering news.

But it was never a true story ?

Always thought a fruit was whatever was produced after a plant had flowered and was produced above ground. At least that's what I was taught in good old botany at school.

Stella14

Pineapples don’t grow on trees, they grow in the ground. Both hubby and I (with 3 degrees between us) were surprised to learn this when we visited South America. We both believed, prior to our visit that they grew on trees! ?

Presumably in is a typo, Stella
They don't grow in the ground but on low plants and grow up on the end of a stalk.
It's a bromeliad.

Nutmeg is hallucinogenic if used in large enough amounts. So just be careful (or not!) when adding a pinch to your rice pudding!!

As a student nurse, I remember being amazed that I could have a full conversation with a man who was having brain surgery Serendipity

Pineapples don’t grow on trees, they grow in the ground. Both hubby and I (with 3 degrees between us) were surprised to learn this when we visited South America. We both believed, prior to our visit that they grew on trees! ?

GG65

MerylStreep

GG65
I love facts like that.

Same, Meryl.

Another one I love is that there is more time separating a Stegosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus Rex, than a Tyrannosaurus Rex and us.

Blows my mind!

I will pass that one to dinosaur obsessed Gds - thank you, GG65!

Money saving = did you know it is cheaper to cook your dinner in the slow cooker v the oven? Slow cooker all in one meal = 200W v oven 2,000W per hour.

If you put a collection of heart cells in a petrie dish they will begin to beat

The term ‘riff-raff’ came from the Anglo-Saxon and originally meant ‘sweepings of rags’.

There is no letter A in any of the written numbers up to one hundred

When a cat gets pregnant each of the kittens can be fathered by different tom cats

I can’t rub my tum and pat my head at the same time ??