The study focused not only on the two beloved pets but on carnivorous mammals as a whole. The age-old argument between dog people and cat people may finally be at an end. A new study, done at Vanderbilt University, claims that dogs are actually the smarter of the two animals. The study, titled “Dogs have the most neurons, though not the largest brain: Trade-off between body mass and number of neurons in the cerebral cortex of large carnivoran species,” focused on the differences between the number of cortical neurons in the brains of carnivores. Read More...
From regular pets like dogs and cats to bizarre wild animals like elephants, tigers, and kangaroos, army mascots have come all shapes and sizes. Wojtek The BearWojtek was a Syrian brown bear cub that the Polish II Corps bought at a train station in Iran during World War II. The bear traveled with the unit through the Middle East and Italy. He would carry and guard ammunition for the unit and was even taught to salute. Read More...
On May 15, 1972, Arthur Bremer shot presidential candidate George Wallace five times at a Maryland rally. And once his diaries were published while he was behind bars, it became clear that he also wanted to assassinate Richard Nixon.GettyArthur Bremer is escorted from Federal District Court in Baltimore after being held on charges of assault on a federal officer and violation of the 1968 Civil Rights Act provision covering candidates for federal office. Read More...
