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Petting a dog can lower your blood pressure.

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25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

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The first Cornish-language day care opened in 2010.

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Along with pleasure and bonding, sexual activity can cause sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which can be prevented by safe sex practices.

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GRaphic Animation System for Professionals (GRASP) was the first multimedia animation program for IBM PC compatibles.

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When "Bobbie," a Collie/Shepherd mix, was accidentally abandoned on a family vacation, he traveled 2,551 miles over six months to return to his home.

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Neuroplasticity was once thought by neuroscientists to manifest only during childhood, but research in the later half of the 20th century showed that many aspects of the brain exhibit plasticity through adulthood.

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Chihuahuas are born with soft spots in their skulls, just like human babies.

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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

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Most experts believe humans domesticated dogs before donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, cattle, cats, or chickens.

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Unusually for a dinosaur, Plateosaurus showed strong developmental plasticity: instead of having a fairly uniform adult size, fully grown individuals were between 4.

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Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

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In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1

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There is only one fossil known of Scipionyx, discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontologist and brought to the attention of science in 1993.

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Fluorescent materials may also be excited by certain wavelengths of visible light, which can mask the glow, yet their colors may appear bright and intensified.

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At about 7 metres (23 ft) in length, with a weight of about 400 kg (880 lb), Dilophosaurus was one of the earliest large predatory dinosaurs and the largest-known land animal in North America at the time.

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He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution.

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Tyrannosaurus rex is unique among dinosaurs in its place in modern culture; paleontologist Robert Bakker has called it "the most popular dinosaur among people of all ages, all cultures, and all nationalities".

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It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.

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Average body temperature for a dog is 101.2 degrees.

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A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.

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Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world.

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It is one of the rarer hadrosaurids, known from only a handful of good specimens.

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The U.S. bought Alaska for 2 cents an acre from Russia.

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The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts both offer merit badges in dog care.

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Dogs with a flesh colored nose is said to have a "Dudley Nose."

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Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.

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Move over Rover! 45% of dogs sleep in their owner’s bed (we’re pretty sure a large percentage also hog the blankets!)

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A Border Collie named Chaser has learned the names of 1,022 toys, and can retrieve each by name.

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Dogs don't enjoy being hugged as much as humans and other primates. Canines interpret putting a limb over another animal as a sign of dominance.

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Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.

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Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.

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Dogs have three eyelids to protect their eyes from debris.

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Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938).

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However, due to the high number of taxa named after him (over 50 as of 2022), he has been removed; his patronyms can be found in the List of things named after David Attenborough and his works.

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The smallest bat, and one of the smallest extant mammals, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is 29–33 mm (1.

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In Canada and the United States, the North American beaver is often referred to simply as "beaver;" however, this can cause some confusion because another distantly related rodent, Aplodontia rufa, is often called the "mountain beaver".

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It has a number of unique adaptations to its habitat and lifestyle, which are quite distinct from other extant owls.

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Puppies then take a year or more to gain the other half of their body weight.

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A dog's whiskers are used as sensing devices.

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Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.

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The wolverine ( WUUL-və-reen, US also WUUL-və-REEN; Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae.

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Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.

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It is also one of the longest-living animals of any type, with a typical lifespan of 140 years; the oldest has been recorded at 179 years old.

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The word "dexter" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.

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Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

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`Stewardesses` is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

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Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

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One third of all cancers are sun related.

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The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

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Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.

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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

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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.

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The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!

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The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.

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Many foot disorders in dogs are simply an issue of too-long toenails.

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Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.

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“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

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When dogs copulate, it is very normal for them to get stuck together and it may last for up to 45 minutes.

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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

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No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

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The "Dull Men's Hall of Fame" is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.

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All dogs are identical in anatomy, with 321 bones and 42 permanent teeth.

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The Amazon is the world's largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.

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For the first time, nonverbal communication was studied and its relevance noted.

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Alfred Hitchcock didn`t have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

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Seventy percent of people sign their pet’s name on greeting and holiday cards.

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These stigmas can be categorized as visible or invisible, depending on whether the stigma is readily apparent to others.

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It also shows us how our preconceptions and mental shortcuts can impact our decision-making.

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The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day

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Although many scholars consider it a religious movement, its adherents typically see it as spiritual or as a unification of mind, body, and spirit, and rarely use the term New Age themselves.

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During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

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Some of the terms listed below can be used in casual speech without any intention of causing offense, while others may be much more offensive.

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Cats have the largest eyes of any mammal.

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70% of your cat's life is spent asleep.

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A tiger's stripes are like fingerprints

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Cats can be right-pawed or left-pawed.

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Others, such as some porpoises, engage in unihemispheric sleep where only one brain hemisphere sleeps at a time in order to maintain motion or homeostasis in marine environments.

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In 2023, mixed amphetamine salts (Adderall) was the 15th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 32 million prescriptions.

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