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Argan oil for hair and food is nut oil broken by a goat’s butt

Before modern times, the Berbers or Amazighs (indigenous people of Morocco) of this area would collect undigested argan pits from the waste of goats which climb the trees to eat their fruit. The pits were then ground and pressed to make the nutty oil used in cooking and cosmetics.

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World-Renowned Author Dishes on GINKS, Green Sex and Making Love to Planet Earth

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Make kosher for Passover Granola

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Side dish roasted eggplant with tehini

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Global Land Grabs: Benefits, Emerging Dangers, and Growing Anxieties

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Ancient Egyptian Mummies Suffered From Clogged Arteries Too

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