Sunday, August 17, 2008

The Toronto Star's 10 Things We Learned This Week

Yawning in front of a dog can cause it to yawn, too. Researchers believe this is the first hard evidence "that dogs have the capacity to empathize with humans."

The "cat nights" of summer begin today. The term denotes a time when cats yowl and witches prowl, and harks back to "the belief that a witch could turn herself into a cat eight times, but on the ninth time, Aug. 17, she couldn't regain her human form," hence the notion that a cat has nine lives. "

Octopuses don't have eight legs. Six of its tentacles function as "arms" and two as "legs."


Read the Toronto Star story.

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