I Bet You Didn’t Know...
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:14 pm
Waking up in this strange new reality every day is, well, strange. Anyway, I still learn new things every day. I thought I would start a thread to put interesting items of things I didn’t know (and bet any readers don’t either!) just for fun. Yes, fun still exists.
https://www.famu.edu/cesta/main/assets/ ... 0Goats.pdf
Coffee was first discovered when goat herders discovered the animals acting very energetic after nibbling on coffee beans.
In earlier centuries, goats were often used to nurse babies.
According to Roman history, on February 15th, young men would run around wearing only the skins of goats they sacrificed earlier and hit women with strips of goat skin, known as februa, to promote fertility. It is from these purification instruments that the month of February gets its name.
https://www.famu.edu/cesta/main/assets/ ... 0Goats.pdf
Coffee was first discovered when goat herders discovered the animals acting very energetic after nibbling on coffee beans.
In earlier centuries, goats were often used to nurse babies.
According to Roman history, on February 15th, young men would run around wearing only the skins of goats they sacrificed earlier and hit women with strips of goat skin, known as februa, to promote fertility. It is from these purification instruments that the month of February gets its name.