1. Dog facts, In the 11^th century, a dog named Saur was king of Norway for 3 years after the angry head of the state had given up the throne.
2.  Americans love dogs! 62% of U.S. households have a pet, which equates to 72.9 million homes.
3.  Man’s best friend? Petting a dog and gazing into their eyes releases oxytocin ( the “love hormone”) not only for you, but for them as well.
4. Dogs can be trained to detect cancer and other diseases in humans. Cancerous cells release different metabolic waste products than healthy cells in the human body. Dogs may even be able to sniff out cancer cells simply through smelling a someone’s breath.    
5. Scientists believe that the world’s first known dog lived 31,700 years ago. This prehistoric dog resembled a large Siberian Husky.
6.  Dogs can learn more than 1,000 words.
7. The tallest dog in the world was a Great Dane named Zeus, he measured 44 inches tall on October 4, 2011. He’s the current world record holder in the Guinness Book of World Records.
8. The oldest dog fossil dates back to nearly 10,000 BC.
9. Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic: Two pomeranians and a pekingese named Sun Yat Sen.
10. A German Shepherd called Orient helped Bill Irwin become the first blind hiker to complete the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail.
11. In Illinois, it is illegal to give your dog whiskey.
12. Residents of Oklahoma can be fined for making “ugly faces’” at dogs.
13. Dogs’ eyes contain a special membrane, called the tapetum lucidum, which allows them to see in the dark, so no night googles needed!
14.  In addition to sweating through their paw pads, dogs pant to cool themselves off. A panting dog can take 300-400 breaths (compared to his regular 30-40) with very little effort.
15. It has long been assumed that dogs can only see shades of gray. In reality, dogs can see colors, though the colors are less vivid and fewer than those seen by humans. Dogs see the world in mostly yellows, blues, and grays. This explains why your dog might sometimes lose track of their red ball in the grass.
16. When your dog is carefully choosing the perfect place to do his business, it is because they prefer to go in alignment with the Earth’s magnetic field. 
17. The Beatles song ‘A Day in the Life’ has a frequency only dogs can hear.

18. 80% of pet owners give their dogs holiday and birthday presents.

19. No two dog noses are the same. Interesting dog facts suggests, a dog’s nose is the equivalent of a human fingerprint, with each having a unique pattern of ridges and creases.

20. The “dog days” of summer have nothing to do with our pets. And everything to do with Sirius, the dog star, which Romans believed contributed to the rising temperatures in high summer as it rises in the sky.

21. Dogs have three eyelids. In addition to a top and bottom lid, they have a “nictitating membrane” in the corner of their eye, primarily for removing dust and mucus from the cornea.

22.Right-pawed or left-pawed? About 90% of humans are right-handed, with most of the rest left-handed and a very small percentage ambidextrous. But dogs are more evenly split, with one third right-pawed, one third left-pawed and the rest without preference. Dogs who are right-footed are more likely to pass the Guide Dog Training Program than south paws. Research shows right-handed animals tend to be bolder and more inquisitive so are more suited to being a guide dog. Left-handed dogs also tend to be more aggressive.

23. The Saluki is the world’s oldest dog breed. They appear in ancient Egyptian tombs dating back to 2100 B.C. 

24. Stray dogs in Russia have learned how to ride the complex subway system and get off at specific stops in search of food.   

25. One Last Fact: There are approximately 600 million dogs in the world. It is estimated that nearly 400M of those dogs are strays.

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