Bet you didn't know

[Bob In PA]

Tomatoes are a member of the nightshade family (which includes belladonna, a poison).

That's why they thought tomatoes were thought to be poisonous.

Also, some doctors highly recommend against eating the skin of tomatoes because it irritates some people's stomach lining and is to be avoided if you have certain other digestive and other conditions (fairly rare). When we make sauce (also known as gravy; it's sauce where I came from) from scratch, we get peeled ones in a can. I don't know if the tomatoes in tomato paste are pre-peeled or not. Same for store-bought pre-made tomato sauce (buying this is considered heresy among Italians where I come from.

Bob

[squibber]

Bet you didn't know  actor JK Simmons is jacked.  Much respect to him for being 70 and being so dedicated to strength training. I'm lucky to do half his workout. It's hard to find the energy and motivation at our age.

https://www.google.com/search?q=jk+simmons+workout&oq=jk+simmons+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIGCAEQRRg5MgwIAhAuGEMYgAQYigUyCggDEAAYsQMYgAQyBwgEEC4YgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg8MgcICBAAGIAEMgcICRAAGIAEMgcIChAAGIAEMgcICxAAGIAEMgcIDBAAGIAEMgcIDRAAGIAEMgcIDhAAGIAE0gEINjU3OWowajeoAhSwAgHxBfbvLGIoYm-Q8QX27yxiKGJvkA&client=ms-android-tmus-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#vhid=FvK4Omjd8J83iM&vssid=_ySYZaOauL8mw5NoPx7KNoAc_80

[squibber]

Sophie Scholl is a young German girl that led a Nazi resistance. Brave!

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/sophie-scholl-and-white-rose

[bamagiantfan]

The Romans paid the Visgoths the ransom to retrieve their city - 5,000 pounds of gold, 30,000 pounds of Silver, and 3,000 pounds of black pepper.

[squibber]

Bet you didn't know the fork was considered sinful and feminate.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/weird-facts/sacrilegious-fork-0017266

[squibber]

Bet you didn't know beer making was woman's work starting about 7000 years ago.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-used-dominate-beer-industry-until-witch-accusations-started-pouring-180977171/