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In ancient Greece, Solon (638-538 B.C.) once contemplated making marriage compulsory, and in Athens under Pericles (495-429 B.C.), bachelors were excluded from certain public positions. In Sparta, single and childless men were treated with scorn. In ancient Rome, Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) passed drastic laws compelling people to marry and penalized those who remained single.
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During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII condemned cats as evil and thousands of cats were burned. Unfortunately, the widespread killing of cats led to an explosion of the rat population, which exacerbated the effects of the Black Death.
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Cats spend nearly 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
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The Cornish Hens you see in American grocery stores are actually just your standard chicken, just slaughtered two weeks earlier. Also, the average meat- chicken is slaughtered at only 6 weeks.
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Is that all? I could have sworn it was more like 90%. |