You will never guess where Vitamins come from?

[MisterMagnolia]

So, i was wondering how vitamins were extracted and put into tablet form. A bit of googling and I discover that to get Vit D3 you:

1/ get a sheep
2/take it to the barbers
3/wash the fleece
4/extract Vit D3 from the lanolin in a sheep's coat!

I also discovered recently that some artificial vanilla flavouring in food actually comes from the anal/scent sacs of beavers!!

My mind has been blown!

So....what surprising things have other Mumsnetters recently discovered?

You can get vegan d vit.
I knew about the lamb thing.

Fun fact about Schweizerland.Switzerland prohibited the ownership of just one guinea pig. Because they are social animals. Aha.

I'm so pleased about the Guinea pig rule, it's so sad to see lonely animals.