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Was bison slaughter a U.S. military tactic in the Plains Wars?
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Do lemmings really commit mass suicide?
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Animals
Can animals smell fear? Plus: where have all the Levis’ rivets gone?
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Animals
If man is descended from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
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Why don’t snakes die right away after I cut them in half?
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Should you cut up six-pack rings so they don’t choke sea birds?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Why do dogs circle before lying down?
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Animals
Why don’t dogs get frostbite on their feet?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Do bulls really wear rings in their noses?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Is it true a duck’s quack won’t echo?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Why has no animal species ever evolved wheels?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
In old-time pregnancy tests, did the rabbit really die?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Do cats always land unharmed on their feet, no matter how far they fall?
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Animals
Can you feed dogs and cats a vegetarian diet?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Pterosaurs aren’t considered true dinosaurs. Why not?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Were hairballs once considered things of beauty?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
How do non-English speakers make animal noises?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Mistletoe kissing origins? Why do worms surface during rain? (cont’d)
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Why were dinosaurs so big?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Is some candy coated with beetle juice?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Are bears more likely to attack menstruating women?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Is there such a thing as a left-handed cat?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Has a human child ever been raised by wolves or other animals?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Are humans meat eaters or vegetarians by nature?
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Cecil Adams
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Can animals get VD?
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Sports
Why are races always run in a counterclockwise direction?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Do jugs filled with water keep dogs off your lawn?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
How do they get the sperm used in artificial insemination of animals?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Do cow and termite flatulence threaten the earth’s atmosphere?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Where are all the dead pigeons?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Is it true gelatin is made from decaying animal hides?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
What are sweetbreads really?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Are cats and dogs really color-blind? How do they know?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
How many dinosaurs did it take to make a barrel of oil?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Was Born Free author Joy Adamson killed by a lion — or murdered?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
What’s the origin of “kangaroo court”? Is “kangaroo” aborigine for “I don’t know”?
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Cecil Adams
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Animals
Is there such a thing as a gay animal?
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Cecil Adams
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