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More travelling animals to follow on social media
I wrote recently about Dean and Nala, who travel the world together on a bicycle. I have followed their travels since Nala desperately chased after Dean in Bosnia when she was an abandoned, starving kitten. You can see she absolutely… Read More ›
Geolinguistic history of the words for tea/chai
If you received your first tea by sea, you call it a version of ‘tea’. If you received your first tea by land, you call it a version of ‘chai’
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Find the rest here and…why IKEA cups and mugs have grooves at the bottom.
The Mangalica (aka Mangalitsa, Mangalitza, or sheep pig)
Looking like a pig crossed with a sheep, the Hungarian mangalica is a unique breed. Only two decades ago, the world’s last woolly pig was on the verge of extinction. Thankfully, it has re-emerged across Central and Eastern Europe. The name… Read More ›
Confusing about cashews
Did you know that cashews grow as a seed at the bottom of the cashew apple? And that they are a seed not a nut? I certainly didn’t! Apparently cashew apples taste lovely, particularly as juice, but go off pretty quickly…. Read More ›
