INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Originally Posted by specialone

Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.

in the immortal words of Will Smith in Independance Day "I GOT to get me one of these!"

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;otherwise it will digest itself.

Pigeons produce milk to feed their young.

If you wondered how I stumbled onto this, yesterday on the way back from a training course I almost tripping over a pigeon I asked a friend 'why are there loads of pigeons in towns and most of the year?'
He answered in a very learned man way, 'Many reasons but did you know both parents make their young milk. I think it's called crop milk, a bit like cottage cheese. Plus unlike many other birds, pigeons don't see humans as a massive threat. That and they breed like rats!'
After a quick Google, I was amazed to find they do produce this stuff.

NOTE: If you're squeamish & eating your breakfast or do not want to be put off eating your dinner don't read on.


Click here for more info - crop milk

Okay, not quite as interesting as I thought

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Fruity-ya-ya

Okay, not quite as interesting as I thought

I learnt something, I never knew any birds produced milk, I thought it was purely a mammal thing, cheers!

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Fruity-ya-ya

Pigeons produce milk to feed their young.

I wonder if it'd be practical to milk them? Yields are going to be a bit less than a good dairy cow but then they'll be a bit cheaper to get in the first place.

Going to need a really small milking stool though

Originally Posted by northwind

I wonder if it'd be practical to milk them? Yields are going to be a bit less than a good dairy cow but then they'll be a bit cheaper to get in the first place.

Going to need a really small milking stool though

just get them blokes off the babybel advert

Or the borrowers.

or this guy http://www.thenational.ae/news/world...s-shortest-man