Spiked and studded dog-collars derive from the days of the Ancient Greeks, who would give their sheep-dogs sharply spiked collars to protect their necks from wolves whilst they watched over a Sheppard's flock at night.

A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28.

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