{"fact":"When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would mourn by shaving off their eyebrows. They also held elaborate funerals during which they drank wine and beat their breasts. The cat was embalmed with a sculpted wooden mask and the tiny mummy was placed in the family tomb or in a pet cemetery with tiny mummies of mice.","length":331}
{"slip": { "id": 44, "advice": "If you are feeling down, try holding a pencil between your top lip and your nose for five minutes."}}
{"slip": { "id": 28, "advice": "When you're looking up at birds flying overhead, keep your mouth closed."}}
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Digital Scriptorium (DS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt consortium of American libraries with collections of medieval and early modern manuscripts, that is, handwritten books made in the traditions of the world's scribal cultures. The DS Catalog represents these manuscript collections in a web-based platform form building a national union catalog for teaching and scholarly research in medieval and early modern studies.
"}{"fact":"Cats are the world's most popular pets, outnumbering dogs by as many as three to one","length":84}
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Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. The genus name was first proposed in 1923 by Danish physician Jeppe Ørskov in an attempt to classify what at the time was considered \"ray fungi\" based on morphology. Members of this genus are found throughout natural soil and sediment environments, as well as in association with roots of plants of various species. The genus is well known for its ability to produce a variety of medically relevant products.
"}{"fact":"Like birds, cats have a homing ability that uses its biological clock, the angle of the sun, and the Earth's magnetic field. A cat taken far from its home can return to it. But if a cat's owners move far from its home, the cat can't find them.","length":243}
{"slip": { "id": 132, "advice": "Repeat people's names when you meet them."}}
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Bernhard Risch was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1930 to 1936 and again from 1940 to 1945. He previously served as the mayor of Vaduz from 1927 to 1930 and again 1933 to 1936.
"}{"fact":"Cats spend nearly 1\/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.","length":64}