Today
5th August is... National underwear day and National oyster day.
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Interesting Food - Oysters
The old adage of don't eat an oyster in a month without an R in it is bunkum. (It might have been true once, but nowadays we have refrigeration and farmed oysters. That said, they allegedly taste better in the cooler months.)
Interesting Word - Shuck
The shell of an oyster is also called a shuck. (It can also be used to describe the husk on maize, and as a verb, to shuck, to shell an oyster. However, it is also an old English word believed describe a demon, or from East Anglian dialect meaning ‘shaggy’. And "Aww shucks" is an expression of regret or embarrassment. I wonder if rats say that? (You will need to check an earlier IF to understand this.))