1. St Francis was born in 1181 or 1182 and died on the night of October 3, 1226. He was renowned for his love of animals. In many places it is still usual for churches to bless animals on October 4.
2. A 69-ton, 120-foot titanosaur, the fossil of which was found this year in Argentina, is thought to be the largest animal ever to walk the earth…
3. …but its weight is still way behind the 190 tons recorded for a blue whale.
4. Pigeons in Japan were trained to discriminate between Picasso and Monet paintings in 1995.
5. Causing a horse, donkey or pony to lose its balance and fall over is illegal in Phoenix, Arizona.
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6. Around 10 million times as many sharks are killed by humans as humans killed by sharks.
7. The most popular name given to cats in Britain in Charlie, and for dogs it is Bella.
8. The backs of reindeers’ eyes turn from gold to blue in winter to adjust to the darker daytime.
9. In 2008, a snake in Australia that swallowed four golf balls thinking they were chicken eggs was saved by emergency surgery.
10. Pope Francis chose his papal name in honour of Francis of Assisi.