Draft horses tails are cut short, “docked” to prevent their tails from interfering with the rigging of carriages or other equipment they pull. Docking is also used for cosmetic purposes, to keep the rear clean and to make it easier to harness a horse. Are the Budweiser horses tails docked?Read More →
Vikings were pagans and often raided monasteries looking for gold. Money paid as compensation. The Anglo-Saxons came from The Netherlands (Holland), Denmark and Northern Germany. The Normans were originally Vikings from Scandinavia. Where do most Anglo-Saxons live? The Anglo-Saxons took control of most of Britain, although they never conquered Scotland,Read More →
Andy Taylor eventually did get hitched In the show’s first season, Andy and Helen marry. … In real life, Griffith and Helen Crump actor Aneta Corsaut were romantically involved, to the point that he asked her to marry him several times. This time it was Corsaut and not the show’sRead More →
Estimates of the percentage of beef cattle births that produce twins vary. One of the more famous examples – reported in Hoard’s Dairyman, 1993 – puts the percentage at about 0.5 percent or one in every 227 births. Research indicates approximately half of the sets of twins should contain bothRead More →
Though Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe in the early 1700s, the novel takes place over several decades, beginning in 1651, when Crusoe (a rebellious… How old was Robinson Crusoe when shipwrecked? Unfortunately the boat capsized, but Robinson managed to make it to shore. He alone survived. He was stranded aloneRead More →
Rizzi, a native of Brooklyn, died Monday at his New York studio at age 61. He had a heart condition, Lieventhal said. Rizzi studied art at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where his groundbreaking techniques began with three-dimensional constructions that evolved from a youthful failure. What was James RizziRead More →
Some pairs of cardinals do stay together all year long in their nesting territory. In other cases, the birds leave the territory and join a winter flock, but the same pair is likely to go back to the same nesting area the following spring. What month do birds lay eggs?Read More →
…a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months. When the infant emerges, it rides on its mother’s back or clings to her belly, accompanying her everywhere until it is about a year old. There are a few more koalas in the archives. Do baby koalasRead More →
Optimists tend to feel happier in general, and pessimists tend to feel less happy than that. If you’re a pessimist, it’s always possible to learn how to become an optimist. Sometimes enduring a crisis provides you with just the right motivation to do that. Who lives longer optimists or pessimists?Read More →
Brown hares do not dig burrows, but shelter in ‘forms’, which are shallow depressions in the ground or grass; when disturbed, they can be seen bounding across the fields, using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. Are brown hares native to Britain? RabbitsRead More →