Between 260 and 300 million turkeys are slaughtered annually in the United States, according to USDA statistics.

The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.

It is said that in ancient Egypt, the entire family would shave their eyebrows while in mourning for the death of the family Cat.

A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

Athenian women of the Classical Age were required by law to wear the ancient Greek equivalent of a burka. The only females permitted to show their faces in public were slaves and prostitutes.

Greek democracy was gender specific - males only!

A rat can last longer without water than a camel

An albatross can sleep while it flies.

Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals was established in 1866

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (the nation's first such society) was established in 1875. Nine years after the ASPCA.

Why? Because in 1874 the ASPCA took action with respect to a young girl, Mary Ellen Wilson. The ASPCA's success with this child cruelty case led to the establishment of child protective societies.

*fixed that for you.

I prefer my version, it is a little more accurate. :D

Although the ASPCA did use the rational that Mary was an animal (all humans are animals) as justification for taking on her case

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More American soldiers died at the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862, than in all previous American wars combined, including the Revolution. The name Shiloh comes from the Hebrew for "Place of Peace".

Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.