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Dog days

Why do we speak of ‘dog days’?

Who invented the stirrups?

Infographic on who invented stirrups?

February 6, 2023

Monster millipede of 326 million years ago in Britain

50 kg millipede roamed in equatorial Great Britain 326 million years ago

December 21, 2021

Wolf drawing

Dog domestication started 23,000 years ago

January 26, 2021

The mare from the word nightmare

Why do we call a bad dream a nightmare?

December 20, 2020

When were dogs first domesticated?

December 5, 2020