Spiked and studded dog-collars derive from the days of the Ancient Greeks, who would give their sheep-dogs sharply spiked collars to protect their necks from wolves whilst they watched over a Sheppard's flock at night.

It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

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