I never knew that!

[Padge]

Shellac, is beetle juice.  

Made from the excretions of the lac beetle.

[Mister Ting]

I found that out two weeks back from a friend who makes guitars, or tries to.

[Futtocks]

13 minutes ago, Padge said:

Shellac, is beetle juice.  

So is the red food dye, cochineal.

[Mister Ting]

So Shellac comes from Beetles in India and Thailand.

[Padge]

16 minutes ago, Mister Ting said:

So Shellac comes from Beetles in India and Thailand.

Yep

[Mister Ting]

10 minutes ago, Padge said:

Yep

Now what would a guitar maker find Shellac useful for. Obviously, the polishing stage.

[Moose]

I used to collect stamps as a child/teenager and now and then a stamp turned up with Cochin Anchal printed on them. It was years before I discovered it was a princely state in Kerala, India.

[Wolford6]

The Khasi are a range of mountains in India. Welsh missionaries opened schools there and apparently the Welsh National Anthem is still the "school song" in a few of them.

It's therefore not stretching too much of a point to say that Indian children are taught to sing in the Khasi.

[Red Willow]

21 hours ago, Padge said:

Shellac, is beetle juice.  

Made from the excretions of the lac beetle.

Been watching the Repair Shop?

 

I didn't realise Andy Pandy was a boy as a a child.  

[Padge]

3 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

Been watching the Repair Shop?

Love it.

[Padge]

4 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

I didn't realise Andy Pandy was a boy as a a child.  

Is there not a clue in the name?

S'pose could be short for Andrea as opposed to Andrew.

[Mumby Magic]

I actually never knew that women could actually be wrong.

[Red Willow]

57 minutes ago, Padge said:

Love it.

I watch the repeats as well as recording the day time ones

[Red Willow]

55 minutes ago, Padge said:

Is there not a clue in the name?

S'pose could be short for Andrea as opposed to Andrew.

I was a small child, and lets face no one dressed like that especially not boys

[Padge]

5 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

I watch the repeats as well as recording the day time ones

Same here.

[JohnM]

Go easy with the turpentine. It doesn't grow on trees, y know. 

[Padge]

5 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

I was a small child, and lets face no one dressed like that especially not boys

I never gave it a thought as a small kid as far as I can remember. 

[bentleyman]

There was cheese in cheesecake 

[Bleep1673]

12 hours ago, bentleyman said:

There IS cheese in cheesecake 

CORRECTED FOR CHEF'S PEDANTRY

[Bleep1673]

12 hours ago, bentleyman said:

There was cheese in cheesecake 

Well, there was before you ate it all. 

[Bleep1673]

Isn't this uninteresting facts thread territory? Just asking.

[Futtocks]

14 hours ago, bentleyman said:

There was cheese in cheesecake 

There used to be minced meat in all mince pies.