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the ceeling, and then the sky, and then outer space
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Hi punk.
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random facts:
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green. -
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander theGreat, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in The air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in The air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the Horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in- law with All the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the Rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase Inspired by this practice.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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1. All dogs can be traced back 40 million years ago to a weasel-like animal called the Miacis which dwelled in trees and dens. The Miacis later evolved into the Tomarctus, a direct forbearer of the genus Canis, which includes the wolf and jackal as well as the dog.g
2. Ancient Egyptians revered their dogs. When a pet dog would die, the owners shaved off their eyebrows, smeared mud in their hair, and mourned aloud for days.b
3. Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs. Chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, or anything with caffeine can also be harmful.c
4. Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.c
5. Rock star Ozzy Osborne saved his wife Sharon’s Pomeranian from a coyote by tackling and wresting the coyote until it released the dog.d
dog paws
Dogs have sweat glands in between their their paws
6. Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.e
7. In 2003, Dr. Roger Mugford invented the “wagometer†a device that claims to interpret a dog’s exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.d
8. Dogs have three eyelids. The third lid, called a nictitating membrane or “haw,†keeps the eye lubricated and protected.i
9. A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.e
10. Puppies are sometimes rejected by their mother if they are born by cesarean and cleaned up before being given back to her.c
11. The phrase “raining cats and dogs†originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.d
12. During the Middle Ages, Great Danes and Mastiffs were sometimes suited with armor and spiked collars to enter a battle or to defend supply caravans.h
13. Pekingese and Japanese Chins were so important in the ancient Far East that they had their own servants and were carried around trade routes as gifts for kings and emperors. Pekingese were even worshipped in the temples of China for centuries.b
dog faces
The shape of a dog’s face can help predict how long a dog will live
14. The shape of a dog’s face suggests how long it will live. Dogs with sharp, pointed faces that look more like wolves typically live longer. Dogs with very flat faces, such as bulldogs, often have shorter lives.d
15. After the fall of Rome, human survival often became more important than breeding and training dogs. Legends of werewolves emerged during this time as abandoned dogs traveling in packs commonly roamed streets and terrified villagers.d
16. During the Middle Ages, mixed breeds of peasants’ dogs were required to wear blocks around their necks to keep them from breeding with noble hunting dogs. Purebred dogs were very expensive and hunting became the province of the rich.d
17. The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by Kubla Khan.d
18. The American Kennel Club, the most influential dog club in the United States, was founded in 1884.e
19. The most popular male dog names are Max and Jake. The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.d
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Some scholars speculate that Dorothy’s dog, Toto, may represent the Egyptian god of death, Anubis
20. Scholars have argued over the metaphysical interpretation of Dorothy’s pooch, Toto, in the Wizard of Oz. One theory postulates that Toto represents Anubis, the dog-headed Egyptian god of death, because Toto consistently keeps Dorothy from safely returning home.d
21. Weird dog laws include allowing police offers in Palding, Ohio, to bite a dog to quiet it. In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.d
22. The first dog chapel was established in 2001. It was built in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, by Stephan Huneck, a children’s book author whose five dogs helped him recuperate from a serious illness.c
23. Those born under the sign of the dog in Chinese astrology are considered to be loyal and discreet, though slightly temperamental.h
24. In Iran, it is against the law to own a dog as a pet. However, if an owner can prove the dog is a guard or hunting dog, this restriction doesn’t apply. Muslim reticence concerning dogs is perhaps due to the fact that rabies has always been endemic in the Middle East.d
25. The Mayans and Aztecs symbolized every tenth day with the dog, and those born under this sign were believed to have outstanding leadership skills.d
26. The ancient Mbaya Indians of the Gran Chaco in South America believed that humans originally lived underground until dogs dug them up.b
Plato
Plato once said that â€a dog has the soul of a philosopherâ€
27. Plato once said that “a dog has the soul of a philosopher.â€d
28. French poodles did not originate in France but in Germany (“poodle†comes from the German pudel or pudelhund, meaning “splashing dogâ€). Some scholars speculate the poodle’s puffs of hair evolved when hunters shaved the poodle for more efficient swimming, while leaving the pom-poms around the major joints to keep them warm.b
29. The name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box is Bingo. The Taco Bell Chihuahua is a rescued dog named Gidget.d
30. The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves which, at least 12,000 years ago, became attracted to the first sites of permanent human habitation.f
31. Dachshunds were bred to fight badgers in their dens.d
32. Laiki, a Russian stray, was the first living mammal to orbit the Earth, in the Soviet Sputnik spacecraft in 1957. Though she died in space, her daughter Pushnika had four puppies with President John F. Kennedy’s terrier, Charlie.d
33. Dalmatians are completely white at birth.d
34. The term “dog days of summer†was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius.b
35. Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog.b
36. In ancient Greece, kennels of dogs were kept at the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus. Dogs were frequently sacrificed there because they were plentiful, inexpensive, and easy to control. During the July 25 celebration of the kunophontis (“the massacre of dogsâ€) dog sacrifices were performed to appease the ancestors of Apollo’s son, Linos, who was devoured by dogs.g
37. Dog trainers in ancient China were held in high esteem. A great deal of dog domestication also took place in China, especially dwarfing and miniaturization.d
38. The ancient religion Zoroastrianism includes in its religious text titled the Zend Avesta a section devoted to the care and breeding of dogs.b
39. The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.g
40. The dog was frequently depicted in Greek art, including Cerberus, the three-headed hound guarding the entrance to the underworld, and the hunting dogs which accompanied the virgin goddess of the chase, Diana.b
41. During the Renaissance, detailed portraits of the dog as a symbol of fidelity and loyalty appeared in mythological, allegorical, and religious art throughout Europe, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Diego Velázquez, Jan van Eyck, and Albrecht Durer.b
42. A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.c
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The Basenji is the world’s only barkless dog
43. The Basenji is the world’s only barkless dog.e
44. A dog most likely interprets a smiling person as baring their teeth, which is an act of aggression.f
45. The origin of amputating a dog’s tail may go back to the Roman writer Lucius Columella’s (A.D. 4-70) assertion that tail docking prevented rabies.d
46. One of Shakespeare’s most mischievous characters is Crab, the dog -
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1. Emerging 60 million years ago, the first horse was called Eohippus (The Dawn Horse) and was tiny, weighing only 12 pounds and standing just 14 inches high. In contrast to the modern one-toed horse, the Eohippus had four toes on its front feet and three on its hind feet.b
2. The term “horse†is derived from the Old English hors, which is related to the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) kurs, which is the source of the Latin currere, “to run.†This replaced the original PIE root ekwo from which the Greek hippos and Latin equus derived, both meaning “horse.†This dual etymology is perhaps due to the reluctance of ancient cultures to utter the actual root or name of an animal held sacred for the Indo-European religion.a
3. Horses that seem wild today (such as Mustangs) are actually feral horses, usually descendants of horses that were imported to America from Spain in the sixteenth century. The only true wild horse is the Asian Wild Horse.b
4. No horses existed in Australia until settlers brought them during the eighteenth century, and no early horse fossils have ever been found in Australia.c
5. Before being domesticated in the Middle and Far East around 4000 B.C., horses were hunted for their skin and meat, usually by being clubbed or driven over a cliff.b
6. After horses became domesticated around 4000 B.C., many Indo-European cultures regarded horses as a supreme sacrifice to their gods and often ritually entombed horses. People in the Caucasus practiced horse sacrifice as late as the 1800s.a
7. Famous owner/horse partnerships that helped change world history include Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus (“ox headâ€), El Cid and Babieca (“stupidâ€), and Napoleon and Marengo (named after a battle) who after its death, had its skeleton displayed in London.b
8. A horse’s teeth are a good indicator ofits age.d Hence, St. Jerome (A.D. 400), who never accepted payment for his writings, penned the famous adage “Never inspect the teeth of a gift horse,â€b which became the more familiar “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.â€
9. Though most horses live for 25-30 years, the oldest horse on record is “Old Billy,†who was a barge horse born in England and lived to the age of 62. The first year of a horse’s life is roughly comparable to 12 human years, the second year is comparable to 7 human years, the next 3 years are comparable to 4 human years a piece, and subsequent years are comparable 2.5 human years.d That means Old Billy was roughly 173.5 horse years.
10. Horses have five highly developed senses: taste, touch, hearing, smell, and sight. They also have an enigmatic sixth sense, heightened perception, which is very rare in humans.f
Horse's Eye
A horse's eyes are larger than most animals' eyes
11. The eyes of a horse are larger than most other animals', and they can move independently, giving the horse a shallow panoramic vision. Because its lenses are inflexible, a horse will focus on an image by moving its head to direct light rays to the central part of the retina. Horses can also see in color.f
12. A horse has an acute sense of smell that allows it to detect nervousness in a handler, and old-time horsemen would smear aromatic fluid on their hands when dealing with a difficult horse. Horses also become nervous around the smell of blood.f
13. There are nearly 160 distinctive breeds and types of horses around the world, but the Arabian horse is unique in that it is the purest of all of the breeds.b
14. Persians were excellent horsemen and their dominance in the east was largely due to the Nisean horse, the “superhorse†of antiquity. The horse was a status symbol in the Persian Empire, and only aristocrats could own them. Horses were also used to play early forms of polo.f
15. Islam is said to have been “founded on the hoof prints of the Arabian horse,â€b and horse care was even incorporated into the sacred Hadith. The Prophet Mohammed is reportedly to have ascended to heaven in a halo of fire on a horse-like creature.d
16. The goddess Demeter (the goddess of fertility, grain, and the pure) had as her image a black mare’s head, and her priestesses were considered her “foals.â€b
17. White horses were sometimes drowned in honor of Poseidon, the god of the sea and creator of horses.b
18. The Hindus associate the horse with the cosmos, and a white horse was considered the last incarnation of Vishnu.e
19. In literature, art, and dream theory, the horse is often a symbol imbued with various meanings, ranging from power to beauty and even sexual prowess. The coloring of a horse is also often symbolic (black: mystery, danger; white: messenger of birth), and the Bible specifically lists the colors of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (White, Red, Black, and Pale).e
20. Some horses are able to figure out how to undo the doors of other horses and let them out.f
21. Horses can differentiate between emotions in the human voice.f
22. Horses experience two kinds of sleep, SWS (short wave sleep) and REM (rapid eye movement), and they most likely dream. They need about four hours of sleep out of every 24 and can sleep standing up by a special arrangement of locking joints.f
Horse's Hoofs
A horse hoof acts as a circulatory pump
23. Horses like music but are selective in their taste. They prefer calming or cheerful instrumental music, but are agitated by loud music such as rock.f
24. A horse’s hoof is extremely complex and sensitive. When a horse puts pressure on its hoof, the blood is squeezed up the leg into the veins, thus acting as a type of pump.b
25. While the mare primarily cares for her newborn, occasionally a sibling, the sire, or other mares will shelter and protect youngsters.f
26. In a herd, one gender is not always dominant of another; for example, a female may rank higher than a male in some cases, and a male may rank higher than a female in other cases.f
27. Any marking on a horse's head is called a star, even if it is not shaped like a star.f
28. Horses have a strong band of muscles around their esophagus. This band is so strong that a horse’s stomach would typically burst before it would vomit.f
29. The Pony Express (1860-1861) didn’t just use ponies; it also used many horses. The differences between ponies and horses are often blurred, but generally, ponies are smaller than horses and can be smarter and more stubborn.b
30. Though the word “hippopotamus†means “river horse,†a hippo is actually more closely related to the pig than the horse.b
31. There are many crazy horse laws, including one in Bluff, Utah, where an unmarried woman could be jailed for riding a horse on Sunday. And in several cities throughout the United States, newly married men were not allowed to ride alone, unless he had been married longer than 12 months.d
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1. The origins of the word "monkey" are unclear. It could come from Moneke, the name of the son of Martin the Ape in a medieval animal story. It appears also to be related to manikin, from the Dutch manneken ("little man").b
2. Monkeys make up two of the three groups of simian primates, Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. The other group is the apes.c
3. A monkey is any primate that is not a human, prosimian, or ape.g
Long-tailed Macaques
Monkeys have tails, but apes do not
4. Monkeys are most easily distinguished from apes by their tails. Apes have no tails.e
5. Apes and spider monkeys swing arm-to-arm in trees, but most monkeys don’t. Instead, they run across branches.a
6. Monkeys use vocalizations, facial expressions, and body movements to communicate.e
7. Grinning or pulling the lip is a sign of aggression in monkeys, along with yawning, head bobbing, and jerking the head and shoulders forward.f
8. Monkeys express affection and make peace with others by grooming each other.e
9. A group of monkeys is called a "troop."e
10. Monkeys live in trees, grasslands, mountains, forests, and on high plains.f
11. Monkeys are seriously threatened by habitat loss--especially those that live in tropical forests, a habitat that is quickly disappearing.f
Pygmy Marmoset Male Mandrill
The smallest and largest monkeys, a Pygmy Marmoset (left) and male Mandrill (right)
12. The Pygmy Marmoset is the world's smallest monkey. It measures 117-159 millimeters (four and a half to six inches) in length and weighs 85 to 140 grams (three to five ounces).c
13. The male Mandrill is the largest monkey. It is almost 1 meter (3.3 feet) long and weighs about 35 kilograms (77 pounds).e
14. It is common for monkeys to carry tuberculosis, hepatitis, and simian herpes B.a
15. Most monkeys eat both animals and plants.a Some also eat dirt.d
16. Monkeys peel their bananas and do not eat the skins.a
17. Monkeys can grasp with both their fingers and their toes.a
18. Most Old World monkeys have small, curved nostrils set close together. Most New World monkeys have round nostrils set far apart on flat noses.f
19. Ten New World monkey species have been classified as nocturnal. All known Old World monkeys are diurnal.e
20. Some Old World monkeys, such as Drills, have sitting pads on their rumps, but New World monkeys do not.f
21. Old World monkeys have 32 teeth. New World monkeys have 36.d
22. There are 96 species of Old World monkeys.c
23. Old World monkeys are divided into two subfamilies, generalists and specialists. Generalists eat almost anything, and specialists eat mainly leaves.e
24. Old World monkeys often have large cheek pouches that enable them to feed rapidly and store their food, then chew and swallow it later.c
25. As of 2008, there are 81 species of New World monkeys in the Amazon basin, and new ones are continually being discovered.e
26. Many New World monkeys have prehensile tails, a feature not shared by any of their Old World cousins. Prehensile tails are used for grasping objects, swinging, and steadying the monkey by grasping limbs and branches when the hands and feet are being used in progression.d
27. Many New World Monkeys, including the spider monkey, do not have thumbs. Capuchins and squirrel monkeys are the only New World monkeys with pseudo-opposable thumbs.e
28. Proboscis monkeys are best known for the long noses of males, which grow larger as the monkeys age. Females have smaller, pointed noses. This distinctive feature might help to resonate the male's loud vocalizations.g
29. As the name indicates, silvered leaf monkeys are silver to dark gray in color. Infants, however, are bright orange.g
Squirrel monkey
Squirrel monkeys have at least twenty vocalizations
30. Twenty different vocalizations have been noted in squirrel monkeys.e
31. Male squirrel monkeys sometimes assert dominance by urinating on subordinates.e
32. Adult male guenon monkeys will sometimes rush after an eagle that has caught a family member, sometimes intimidating the bird enough that it lets go of its prey.e
33. When a troop of guenon monkeys gets a new leader, the new alpha-male will sometimes kill all babies who are still being suckled—an evolutionary behavior known as kin selection, where the male protects his own offspring by killing the offspring of other males.e
34. The Barbary Macaque is the only free-living species of monkey in Europe, which was once home to many monkeys.e
35. The Olive Colobus monkey and certain Red Colobus species are hunted for food by humans and chimpanzees.e
36. Howler monkeys are the loudest monkeys. Their howls can be heard for about two miles in the forest and almost three miles in an open area.e
37. Howler monkeys spend up to 80% of their time resting.e
38. South American Titi monkeys are rare among primates because they are monogamous. They mate for life and become distressed when separated. They show affection by remaining close, grooming each other, intertwining their tails, holding hands, nuzzling, cuddling, and lip smacking.e
39. Capuchins are skilled tool users. They smash nuts with rocks, insert branches into crevices to capture food, remove spines and hairs from caterpillars by rubbing them against a branch, protect their hands with leaves, and use large branches to club snakes.e
40. Capuchin monkeys use different vocal sounds to identify different types of predators. They have also been seen banging stones together to warn each other of approaching predators.e
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