HORSES HAVE NO GALL BLADDERS

What do horses, zebras, elephants, rhinos, dolphins, camels, tapirs and rats have in common? No gall bladders.

A law passed in 1659 made it illegal to celebrate the Christmas holiday in colonial Massachusetts. Anybody “found observing, by abstinence from labor, feasting or any other way, any such days as Christmas day” was fined five shillings.

On at least one occasion during World War II, the Nazis built a simulated airfield, complete with wooden buildings and planes. But British intelligence came through. The Royal Air Force sent a single British plane, which dropped one small bomb on the site. But there was no explosion. The bomb was also made of wood.

The ancient city of Corinth used about 50 dogs at night as an early warning system to protect the city against invaders.

All the early American colonies had apple cider. But 17th century authorities agreed that the very best cider came from New Jersey.

The great composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, never attended school. But Mozart did receive a quality education — taught at home by his father. It is said that he was very good at mathematics. And he could speak seven different languages.

The dot over the letter i is called a tittle.