Trivia and Amazing Facts
- Extra Toes. The favorite horses of both Alexander the Great (Bucephalos) and Julius Caesar both had atavistic mutations- extra toes. Horses normally have only one toe per foot, but are descended from horses with three or four toes on each limb
- A "threnody" is a song of lamentation, a funeral song, or a dirge
- Someone who is eager or ready to shed blood is "sanguinary"
- The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans
- There are five types of simple machines: the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane, the screw, and the wheel and axle
