1. A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. The offspring of a female donkey and male horse is a hinny. 2. October 26, 1785 marked the arrival in America of a Spanish donkey, specially requested by George Washington to breed American mules… 3. …the […]
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1. Cows have four stomachs but tripe is generally made only from the first three. 2. “Blanket” tripe comes from the first stomach, “honeycomb” tripe from the second and “book, bible or leaf” tripe from the third. 3. Tripe is low in calories and total fat and an excellent source […]
1. Reptiles come in four varieties: turtles and tortoises; crocodilia (including alligators); lizards and snakes; New Zealand tuatara. 2. Tuatara (a Maori word meaning ‘peaks on the back’) have been around since before dinosaurs. 3. In 2009, Henry the tuatara kept at a museum in Invercargill, New Zealand, became a […]
1. All sloths have three toes on each of their hind legs. Two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths differ in the number of fingers on their front limbs. 2. Until 10,000 years ago, South America had a big population of giant sloths the size of elephants. 3. The giant sloth Megalonyx […]
1. The name gin is a shortened form of “genever” which derived from juniperus, the Latin name for the juniper berry. 2. The earliest known mention of gin dates from the 13th century but its mass appeal dates from the Dutch use of it as medicine in the 17th century. […]
1. Melville’s white whale was based on an albino whale known as Mocha Dick which was seen off the coast of Chile in the early 19th century. 2. The call of a blue whale can be louder than a jet engine and be heard hundreds of miles away. 3. The […]
1. This morning, Exeter College, Oxford will be attempting to break the world record for the most people dipping egg soldiers simultaneously. 2. The current record is 178, set by soldiers of the Allied Rapid Response Corps at Imjin Barracks, Gloucestershire in 2014. 3. The average hen lays 300-325 eggs […]
1. By far the most common eye colour in the world is brown but in the UK blue is now most common. 2. According to research in 2015, blue-eyed people are more likely to become alcoholics. 3. When awake, you blink about 12 times a minute on average which is […]