I didn't know that! Tell us something interesting!

I'm glad so many people are engaging with this thread. It was indeed GN who were promoting the collagen supplement. I just offered a price comparison. I didn't spot an option to buy anything on the link I posted. I'll take another look.

My son was taking issue this morning over the US insistence that tomatoes are a vegetable not a fruit, because they are not sweet, so my contribution today is: Did you know that the part of a plant that contains seeds is (botanically speaking) a fruit? So that includes tomatoes, bell peppers, pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers etc. So the pods that contain beans, peas etc. are also fruits. Rhubarb is a stem, not a fruit.

NotAGran55 No offence taken ?

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

£20 a week is roughly £1000 a year. Good for the numerically challenged like myself!

Apologies to Lizziepopbottle ?

Great thread thanks so much OPs.
Male ducks don't quack !! they just gargle at the back of their throats,just heard this on my local radio.

Great thread!
You automatically close your eyes when you sneeze.

Dodos were first reported in 1598 and were extinct by 1662…

Did you know badgers, and some others in the weasel family, can mate at any time of the year, and then store the fertilised egg (blastocyst) until they feel the time and conditions are right for the pregnancy to start. Wouldn't that be useful, hey.

In Babylonian times, there was a herb called “slave girl’s thigh”. No idea what it was used for - culinary? Medicinal? (My DS loved the name !)

It's actually illegal to 'linger' around after a funeral and someone was prosecuted for this in in 2015...

Hithere

Silphium was an herb that got extinct in Roman Empire time due to its birth control qualities

Did you know that pawpaw (papaya) seeds could act as a contraceptive?

If you want to get pregnant, don't eat pawpaw.

NotAGran55

Riverwalk spam can be posted by anybody, including long standing posters, if it contains ‘unsolicited business promotions’ which this first post does.

Links of course are fine if in context and posters have asked for recommendations etc,

I've put on links to products before now but usually add "other retailers/outlets are available."
I think lizziepopbottle was just giving a cheaper alternative to the product being advertised by GN.

As I get up on average 3 times a night to go to the loo, I am wondering which is the "first pee of the day".

NotAGran55

Riverwalk spam can be posted by anybody, including long standing posters, if it contains ‘unsolicited business promotions’ which this first post does.

Links of course are fine if in context and posters have asked for recommendations etc,

Even if it had started out as a 'spam' post (which, by the way, I'm not suggesting it is!), it's developed into something quite fun and interesting, has it not?

Riverwalk spam can be posted by anybody, including long standing posters, if it contains ‘unsolicited business promotions’ which this first post does.

Links of course are fine if in context and posters have asked for recommendations etc,

Lots of posters give links to products - it's not a hallmark of a spam post if the poster is a long-standing member.

Chewbacca

Why do you say that NotAGran55? lizzypopbottle is a long established poster, not a spammer.

The poster chats about a product…..mentions prices….links to a website where you can purchase said product along with other services.
All the hallmarks of a spam post.

Silphium was an herb that got extinct in Roman Empire time due to its birth control qualities

Did you know that the Galapagos Islands have a human population of about 30,000?

Perhaps you knew already, but I always thought they were uninhabited by humans.

Absolutely brilliant thread, lizzypopbottle, even tho one person seems to not have their sense of humour switched on today!

Kate1949
That all depends on WHERE you're holding your nose!

Mollygo

Wombats poo cubes.

Although quite funny, I have to say I'm so pleased not to be a wombat!!

Further to the benefits of wee you mentioned chewbacca it definitely works on chillblainsthe itching used to drive me nuts in the bad old pre-central heating days of the '60s until I braved trying it out (armed with a tin of talc for freshness afterwards of course)
Brilliant thread lizzypopbottle even if the placenta post made me queasy!

Forgot to say it's called placentophagy.

Gagajo Some people eat their placenta. Some people throw placenta parties. Some people bury their placenta after giving birth and plant a rose bush in the hole.