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Seventy-five percent of Americans own pets, opening their homes to an estimated 77 million cats and 61 million dogs. Why do we love our pets so much? Maybe this is the reason. Nearly 94 percent of pet owners report that their animal pal makes them smile more than once a day. So with that in mind, here is Tidbits’ salute to pets.

The canine nose works one million times • more efficiently than the human nose, according to scientists.The eight heaviest breeds of dog are: St. • Bernard, English Mastiff, Great Dane, Irish Wolfhound, Tibetan Mastiff, New-foundland, Neapolitan Mastiff and Ana-tolian Karabash.A cat preening its back or the back of its • ear is said to be a sign of rain. Cats almost never “purr” at other cats. • The sound is reserved for humans. The oldest cat ever recorded was a • tabby named “Puss” in Devon, England, who lived to be an amazing 36 years of age.Quite a few pet birds can learn to talk • and can say as many as 200 words and phrases.Many scientists believe that birds are • closely related to dinosaurs.African Gray parrots are said to be so • smart that they can make up their own sentences. For example, one Gray, named Baby, knew his owner’s name and heard people ask the owner if she was leaving for work. He also heard her tell the kids to go to school. He put it all together and said, “Mom, go to work.”

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according to American Kennel Club reg-istration statistics. Three toy breeds are among the top 10 in popularity on the most recent list: the Yorkshire Terrier, Chihua-hua and Shih Tzu rank 6th, 9th and 10th, respectively. A decade ago, no toy breeds were in the top 10. Some 39 percent of pet owners say they • have more photos of their pet than of their spouse or significant other. “Seizure Alert” dogs can alert their owners • up to an hour before the onset of an epi-leptic seizure.

PETS (continued)Dalmatian puppies are born pure white, • without their distinctive spots. It’s only when they start to grow that their black or brown spots begin to appear.A dog’s whiskers are touch-sensitive hairs • called vibrissae. They are found on the muzzle, above the eyes and below the jaws, and can actually sense tiny changes in airflow.According to a recent survey, the most • popular name for a dog is Max. Other pop-ular names include Molly, Sam, Zach and Maggie.An American Animal Hospital Association • poll showed that 33 percent of dog own-ers admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answer-ing machine while away. According to ancient Greek literature, when • Odysseus arrived home after an absence of 20 years disguised as a beggar, the only one to recognize him was his aged dog Ar-gos, who wagged his tail at his master and then died. An estimated 1 million dogs in the United • States have been named the primary ben-eficiary in their owner’s will. At the end of the Beatles’ song “A Day in • the Life,” an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.Barbara Bush’s book about her English • springer spaniel, “Millie’s Book,” was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. Millie was the most popular “First Dog” in history. Before the enactment of the 1978 law that • made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, ap-proximately 40 million pounds of dog ex-crement were deposited on the streets ev-ery year. Who’s smarter, cats or dogs? Cats have • better memories than dogs. Tests con-ducted by the University of Michigan con-cluded that while a dog’s memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat’s can last as long as 16 hours, exceeding even that of monkeys and orangutans.Cats have more than 100 vocal sounds, • while dogs only have about ten. Cats, not dogs, are the most common pets • in America. After cats and dogs are Para-keets, coming in a distant third at 14 mil-lion.Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not • sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet. Dachshunds are the smallest breed of •

dog used for hunting. They are low to the ground, which allows them to enter and maneuver through tunnels easily. Developed in Egypt about 5,000 years • ago, the greyhound breed was known be-fore the ninth century in England, where it was bred by aristocrats to hunt such small game as hares. Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible. • A cat’s brain is more similar to a human’s • brain than that of a dog.A cat’s arching back is part of a complex • body language system, usually associated with feeling threatened. The arch is able to get so high because the cat’s spine con-tains nearly 60 vertebrae which fit loosely together. Humans have only 34 verte-brae. A cat’s hearing rates as one of the top in the • animal kingdom. Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human’s hear-ing stops at just 20 kHz.A cat’s heart beats • at 110 to 140 beats per minute, twice as fast as a human heart.A cat’s tail held • high means hap-piness. A twitch-ing tail is a warn-ing sign, and a tail tucked in close to the body is a sure sign of insecurity. A cat’s tail plays a vital part in the cat’s • balance and in the “righting reflex” that al-lows it to land on its feet after falling from a height. Seventy percent of people sign their pet’s • name on greeting cards and 58 percent in-clude their pets in family and holiday por-traits, according to a survey done by the American Animal Hospital Association. Small dogs are rapidly gaining popularity, •

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On • April 12, 1633, physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei is ordered to turn himself in to begin trial for the second time for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun. It took more than 300 years for the Church to admit that Galileo was right and to clear his name of heresy.On • April 13, 1742, George Friedrich Handel’s “Messiah” premieres in Dublin. Although singing the oratorio has become a Christmas tradition, the “Messiah” made its world premiere during the Christian season of Lent. Handel composed the score for “Messiah” in just 24 days.On • April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln succumbs to a gunshot wound inflicted by an assassin the night before, and he is pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. During the autopsy, Mary Lincoln sent the surgeons a note requesting they cut a lock of Lincoln’s hair for her.On • April 14, 1912, just before midnight in the North Atlantic, the RMS Titanic fails to divert its course from an iceberg, ruptures its hull and begins to sink. The Titanic’s hull was divided into 16 compartments that were presumed to be watertight, and the ship was considered unsinkable.On • April 16, 1947, in Texas City’s port on Galveston Bay, a fire aboard the French freighter Grandcamp ignites ammonium nitrate, causing a massive blast that destroys much of the city and takes nearly 600 lives. The fire department tried to douse the flames, but the ship was so hot that the water from their fire hoses instantly vaporized.On • April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang is officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The car debuted that same day, and almost 22,000 Mustangs were immediately snapped up by buyers. Named for a World War II fighter plane, the first models carried a starting price tag of around $2,300.On • April 18, 1983, Joan Benoit wins her second Boston Marathon in the women’s division with a time of 2:22:43. The inaugural Boston Marathon was run on April 19, 1897, and was a men-only event until 1972, when women were officially allowed to compete.

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Mental institution inmates are given a test to check their state of mind. The instructor draws a door on the wall and orders them to go out. They start rushing to the door, but one remains sitting. The instructor goes to him and asks, “Why didn’t you join the others?” He replies, “Let them fight -- they forgot I have the keys!”A salesman for a major cola company re-turns from his assignment in the Middle East and reports his assignment was a total fail-ure. “Tell me what happened,” his boss says. “When I accepted the assignment,” replies the salesman, “I was confident I could turn a profit for the company there, since it was a brand new market and no one had ever tried our drink. But once I arrived, I realized that I had a problem: I didn’t speak their language.” “So what did you do?” the boss probes. “I de-cided to convey our message by using three posters. In the first, I showed a man crawl-ing through the desert heat, exhausted and panting with thirst. The second poster shows the man having a drink of our cola. The final poster showed the man happy and totally re-freshed. I had them plastered at every corner and in every market I could find.” “That should have worked,” the boss chimes in. “Why didn’t it?” “Well,” the salesman confesses, “not only did I not speak the language, but I also didn’t realize that most people in that country read from right to left.”Mother: “Why are you home from school so early?” Son: “I was the only one who could answer a question.” Mother: “Oh, really? What was the question?” Son: “Who threw the eraser at the principal?”The food in China can be a challenge for newcomers. One example is that chicken is often served “cleaver style,” leaving the meat and bones chopped up together, mak-ing it difficult to eat. Years ago, I went with

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