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Trivia & Amazing Facts [1-11-17]

Trivia & Amazing Facts

Trivia & Amazing Facts

  • 43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV
  • The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.
  • Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound.
  • The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."
  • Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length