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Dogs can see best at dawn and dusk.

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The shape of a dog’s face suggests how long it will live. Dogs with sharp, pointed faces that look more like wolves typically live longer. Dogs with very flat faces, such as bulldogs, often have shorter lives.

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Chow Chows are born with pink tongues, which turn blue-black at 8 to 10 weeks.

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A person should never kick a dog facing him or her. Some dogs can bite 10 times before a human can respond.

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The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.

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Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.

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Dog noses are also very cute and easy to boop.

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In 2001, it was estimated that there are approximately 400 million dogs in the world.

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Scholars have argued over the metaphysical interpretation of Dorothy’s pooch, Toto, in the Wizard of Oz. One theory postulates that Toto represents Anubis, the dog-headed Egyptian god of death, because Toto consistently keeps Dorothy from safely returning home.

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A dog's nose is wet because it helps them to absorb scents more easily.

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A dog's nose is the equivalent of a human's fingerprints, as no two dogs have the same nose print.

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Bloodhound dogs have a keen sense of smell and have been used since the Middle Ages to track criminals.

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A Beatles hit. It’s rumored that, at the end of the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life," Paul McCartney recorded an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, just for his Shetland sheepdog.

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French poodles did not originate in France but in Germany ("poodle" comes from the German pudel or pudelhund, meaning "splashing dog"). Some scholars speculate the poodle’s puffs of hair evolved when hunters shaved the poodle for more efficient swimming, while leaving the pom-poms around the major joints to keep them warm.

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Thomas Jefferson helped enact a dog tax in Virginia, because he was annoyed that dogs were killing his sheep.

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Dogs can be trained to detect cancer and other diseases in humans.

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The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves which, at least 12,000 years ago, became attracted to the first sites of permanent human habitation.

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Is something wet? Unlike humans who sweat everywhere, dogs only sweat through the pads of their feet.