The Mongols called fermented milk airag. They would put meat under their saddles and the long rides would tenderize it. Also, the horse sweat would provide salt for the meat. Their horses were bred for stamina and they could ride a hundred miles in a day. If thirsty along the way they would slit the horse’s skin and drink his blood, not harming the animal.
Countess Du Barry did not “lnvent” the fish bowl. She was just the first European to keep a live fish in a bowl. The Chinese had doe it centuries earlier.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Ddi the Countess go to a glass blower and claimed the rights of making said fish bowl?
boniface22 over 5 years ago
Why does the US express such huge weights in pounds instead of tons?
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Well you can’t be a meat and potatoes person without the potatoes :-)
J Short over 5 years ago
Why they have trouble spelling their country’s name.
Waittilnxyr over 5 years ago
The Mongols called fermented milk airag. They would put meat under their saddles and the long rides would tenderize it. Also, the horse sweat would provide salt for the meat. Their horses were bred for stamina and they could ride a hundred miles in a day. If thirsty along the way they would slit the horse’s skin and drink his blood, not harming the animal.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
Kumiss was popular with the Mongol horde, over a thousand years ago, when they conquered most of Asia and Europe.
Nathan Daniels over 5 years ago
Imagine all the wonderful inventions we’d have if Louis XV had Tinder. Cure for Syphilis, perhaps?
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
The Countess looks a bit dim. Perhaps she couldn’t count past two or three. Thus the fishbowl.
JanBic Premium Member over 5 years ago
Countess Du Barry did not “lnvent” the fish bowl. She was just the first European to keep a live fish in a bowl. The Chinese had doe it centuries earlier.
Indianapolis Smith over 5 years ago
Was the Countess also the first to “flush” the dead fish floating in the bowl?
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
And let me tell you – Kumis is no substitute for Coffeemate, either!
Jogger2 over 5 years ago
How about kilograms and tonnes?
rsam over 5 years ago
What would you rather have dropped on your head, ten pounds of potatoes or ten pounds of feathers?
The Pro from Dover over 5 years ago
Well du Barry was a lady.
TXD2 over 5 years ago
Just FYI…
Maybe someone has said this here before now &, if so, I apologize for the repeat but…
I just saw advertised a new series, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! starting this Sun, 6/9/19, 8:00PM Central, on the Travel channel.
craigwestlake over 5 years ago
And Louis XV was bombed ever after…