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Hollywood's first and
arguably best canine superstar was
Rin Tin Tin,
a five-day-old German Shepherd found wounded in battle in WWI France
and
adopted by an American soldier, Lee Duncan. He would sign his own
contracts
with his paw print.
An adult dog has 42 teeth. (An adult
human has 32.)
A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to
allow
greater flexibility for running.
The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by
Kubla Khan.
The average dog can run about 19 mph.
Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45
mph.
One survey reports that 33 percent of dog
owners admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on
answering machines while they are away.
Dogs can smell about 1000
times
better than humans. While humans have 5 million smell-detecting cells,
dogs have more than 220 million. The part of the brain that interprets
smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans.
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Famous
Dog Actor
Rin Tin Tin
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