Desert Rose Tallow

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TALLOW TRIVIA TUESDAY — ANSWER TIME
The answer is B) Wood ash!

Combining rendered animal fat with wood ash created a cleansing substance — the earliest known form of soap.

Bonus answer: The Sumerians!
Credited with this Bronze Age discovery, the Sumerians also gave us some of the earliest known writing systems.

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TRIVIA:
Long before jars and labels, ancient people were already onto something big: combining animal fat with a common byproduct to create the very first soap. What did they mix the fat with?

A) River clay
B) Wood ash
C) Crushed shells
D) Sea salt

BONUS QUESTION:
This ancient civilization, credited with inventing the first tallow-based soap during the Bronze Age, also gave us some of the earliest writing systems. Name the civilization.

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Last Town Square Farmer's Market tomorrow September 26th! Come on down and say hi! It will be our last market until Pride of Dakota in November!!

TALLOW TRIVIA TUESDAY — ANSWER TIME

The answer is C) 206!

That's the number of bones in a fully grown adult skeleton.

Bonus answer: About 300!
Babies are born with roughly 300 bones, but many of them are smaller, softer pieces of cartilage that fuse together as we grow, bringing the total down to 206 by adulthood.

Thanks for playing this week!

Tallow Trivia Tuesday! FREE MONTHLY GIVEAWAY
36 hours to get your guess in before Wednesday at 10:00PM.

Each week questions can range from ancient remedies to herbalism, biology, homesteading, and farm-to-skin science. You never know what's coming!

HOW TO EARN ENTRIES:
1 Entry for guessing
1 Entry for a correct answer!
1 Entry for sharing (make sure you comment "SHARED" so I see it!)
1 Entry per friend tagged
1 Entry for Bonus Question correct answer

Monthly Drawings are held at the end of the month. 1 guess per person. The more you play each week, the more chances you have to win the monthly giveaway!

TRIVIA:
Babies are actually born with more bones than adults! As we grow, many of those bones fuse together. About how many bones does an adult human skeleton have?
A) 156
B) 186
C) 206
D) 246

BONUS QUESTION: Babies are born with roughly how many bones?

I can't believe that it is the end of the Farmer's Market season and now we are already getting ready for the Pride of Dakota!! Introducing one of our fall/winter line for our Tallow Soaps!

TALLOW TRIVIA TUESDAY — ANSWER TIME
The answer is C) 160 acres!

The Homestead Act of 1862 let any qualifying head of household claim 160 acres of public land, just by living on it, building a home, and farming it for five years.

Bonus answer: Alaska!
While homesteading ended in the rest of the country in 1976, Alaska kept the program alive until 1986 — the very last place in the U.S. where you could still stake a claim.

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