#notsofunfacts

Throughout history as an ornamental shrub, very little has been mentioned in the botanical literature about the role it played in the lives of desperate slave women struggling against the terrible situation they found themselves in. This beautiful tropical shrub, with its fine, lacy leaves and brilliant orange flowers that are irresistible to hummingbirds, produces a seed pod who’s poison was well known to women of the West Indies. Medical literature of the eighteenth century describes the attempts of slave women to end their pregnancies so that their children would not contribute to the wealth of a slave owner. Some women sought medicine from plantation doctors in the hopes it would cause a miscarriage while others relied on plants like the peacock flower. Slaves used the seeds of this plant to abort their children, so that they would not be born into slavery. ・・・ #growninhaiti #peacockflower #caesalpiniapulcherrima #poicianapulcherrima #slavery #abortion #tropical #flower #revolt #haiti #ayiti #agroforestry #history #didyouknow #notsoFunFacts https://www.instagram.com/p/BuzzTxjjpJK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d7ik8h273vuk

I was tagged by @janine-penrose (thank you ♡) and here goes: #1: I honestly am not sure what I am supposed to do but seeing how Janine put out 5 facts about herself I guess it a "Facts About Me" post. So okay, first fact about me is ... I just assumed that I have to give 5 facts about me. (Is this a good start, everyone?) #2: I am home person. Literally. Most of the people in my life do not seem to be a home person. Apparently (and perhaps, unfortunately), being enclosed in a place for too long is uncomfortable for them. They prefer being out and about. But me, I love being at home all the time. Am I weird, or to put it nicely, a rarity? Or maybe I am just too lazy to get up, dress up and get going. Well, I could agree. #3: I am multi-lingual but have no confidence to express it in real life/in person. So I stick to English all the time. #4: I am ambidextrous. And here's a bonus: I have a soft spot for guys who are left-handed. #5: I don't talk much in real life. ... Scratch that, sometimes I don't even talk at all except for the ocassional "Hello(s)" "Bye(s)" and "Oh okay(s)". And this is not something personal. It's just me. I am more of a listener. If I talk a lot when I am with you, trust me, you must be special in one way or another. BONUS FACT: I AM A BIG SHADOWHUNTERS TRASH. ➰ CAN WE TALK ABOUT JALEC MALEC AND SAPHAEL ONE DAY MY DEAR FOLLOWERS. Thank you. Soooo there you go 5 facts plus a bonus one about historywithoutapast. I tag everyone who reads this. Have fun revealing yourself! x

Haven't don't a fun fact in five days but here we go. In Sweden they have horse mean flavoured oreos, but are labed biff.

One pound of tea can make up to 300 cups of the beverage.

It takes up to 4 hours to hard boil an ostrichs egg.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain.

A shRk can smell one part of blood in a million parts of water.