http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170907-the-mystery-of-the-lost-roman-herb
what a great article. Thanks for the find Duncan. This bit did have me chuckling though....
"simply rub into the affected area, though Pliny warns his readers never, ever to try this with a tooth cavity, after a man who did so threw himself off a house"
Which Falco novel is it that features a "get-rich-quick" scheme to track down Silphium?
Quote from: Erpingham on September 08, 2017, 12:16:37 PM
Which Falco novel is it that features a "get-rich-quick" scheme to track down Silphium?
The one in Africa, with the lions in the arena?
Quote from: Duncan Head on September 08, 2017, 12:44:32 PM
Quote from: Erpingham on September 08, 2017, 12:16:37 PM
Which Falco novel is it that features a "get-rich-quick" scheme to track down Silphium?
The one in Africa, with the lions in the arena?
Yes. A quick google tells me it is
Two for the Lions.
I knew I had seen it somewhere before! Must dig out those books at some point :)
Rock me Marcus didius.
Hmmm... picking huckleberries in "America's National Parks" will get you 10 to 20 hard time in the slammer... just sayin... the author has confused National Parks with National Forest - it is mostly legal to collect stuff from the latter but not the former.
Quote from: Dave Beatty on September 19, 2017, 01:40:27 PM
Hmmm... picking huckleberries in "America's National Parks" will get you 10 to 20 hard time in the slammer...
That apparently depends where, and how many. For instance:
Quote from: http://www.ohranger.com/glacier/huckleberriesHuckleberries in Glacier National Park
Visitors to Glacier can pick one quart of huckleberries per person per day. They may be collected for personal consumption only. Waterton Lakes National Park only allows hand-to-mouth picking.