19.Dogs are now capable of watching TV because of the invention of HDTV with higher frame rates. Before that, TV just looked like a strobe light to them.
29.But also, dogs can see in the dark far better than humans.
30.A dog's noseprint is as unique as a human's fingerprint.
31.Dogs like rolling around in smelly things because, to them, that shit smells ~divine~.
32.The saluki, the oldest dog breed still existent today, has been hanging around humans since 329 BCE.
33.Dogs can hear about four times the distance of a human.
34.Some dogs, like the Newfoundland breed, have webbed feet.
35.They can gauge your emotion by listening to your voice.
36.Chinese nobles would hide Pekingese dogs in their sleeves as a form of attack.
37.Despite those puppy eyes, dogs feel no remorse.
38.If you're over 30, you were alive before every dog living in the world today.
39.There is a place on earth that, quite literally, looks like doggy heaven.
40.The golden retriever has never won the Westminster Dog Show.
41.Dalmatians are born without their signature spots.
42.The name "pug" most likely came from the Latin word "pugnus," which means "fist," because the shadow of a fist resembles a pug's profile.
43.A dog once walked 2,800 miles through plains, desert, mountains, and rivers during the coldest part of winter to get back to his family.
44.Most French bulldogs' hips are too slim to deliver puppies, so their litters are almost always delivered via C-section.
45.A neuroimaging study revealed that dogs prioritize the smell of their humans over everything and anything else.
46.Doug the Pug, the world's most famous internet dog, has an estimated net worth of about $500,000.
47.Three border collies were once trained to run around Chilean forests wearing backpacks that released native plant seeds — this was an effort to try and rebuild areas devastated by wildfires.
48.Dogs have evolved to understand human laughter.
49.Dogs sneeze to show other dogs that they're not being aggressive.
50.Roselle, a guide dog, saved her blind owner during 9/11 by leading him out of the North Tower and down 78 flights of stairs.
51.There once existed a breed of dog called the Turnspit that was bred to run on a wheel to make meat turn and cook evenly.
52.Some 26,000-year-old canine paw prints were found fossilized next to those of a child, revealing the oldest evidence of dog being man's best friend.
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