Miscellenia

1. Dogs are more prone to nervous breakdowns than any other non-human animal.

2. Gustave Le Bob: "Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us peace or happiness."

3. Eggs contain lecithin to emulsify cholesterol and can't do you any harm.

4. The length of Pluto's year is 248 earth-years.

5. A chick hatches in 21 days.

6. An ancient Celtic rhyme puts the age of animals thusly: Thrice the age of a dog is a horse. Thrice the age of a horse is a man. Thrice the age of a man is a deer. Thrice the age of a deer is that of an eagle.

7. The wildcat is a fastidious feline. Sme won't eat meat that they did not kill themselves.

8. Falling stars are said by Mahometans to eb firebrands flung by good angels against evil spirits when they approach too near the gates of heaven.

9. Oceans and inland seas contain 97.2 percent of earth's water.

10. Scientific hypothesis gain confidence not by finding proof but by repeatendly escaping disproof in fair tests.