Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 01, 2014

Wow, two dog-related facts in one day. (I wonder what was the nutritional value of a soup of pig blood and vinegar.)

in ancient Rome there were huge containers outside tanners’ shops. You urinated in them to provide the urine for their tanning procedures (please, no “pisher” replies).

Yeah, but who got all the meat??

Some Native Americans used the brain of the animal as a tanning agent and it is said each animal had a sufficiently sized brain to match the need to tan its hide, with the exception of the bison.

Interesting that “Gong Farming” or “Night-soil” collection was predominantly reserved for use (preferably after composting) as fertilizer.

I REALLY shouldn’t have read this before breakfast.

Turnspitting was outsourced to India

Turnspits died out? You mean they ate them all? Then who turned the turnspit to roast the turnspit?

i remember being warned not to get your huaraches wet.

Pig blood and vinegar?..I swear they sold me a sausage like that on a corner In Vienna in 1972.

That turnsp dog reminds me of a machine from “The Flintstones.”

Hmmm…. Maybe we should have more pure finders, even in cities that have mandatory clean up laws.