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Fast facts: Pandas spend about 12 hours a day eating bamboo. The Cairn terrier is great at catching rats. The whistling swan has more than 25,000 feathers on its body. The largest jellyfish in the world has a bell that can reach 8 feet across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field. The weasel and the ermine are the same animal. This mammal's coat changes with the season - in its white winter coat, it is known as an ermine; in its brown coat, it is a weasel. Cougars can kill animals eight times their size. Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.

 

On this date: In 1633, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition for professing his belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun. In 1693, the College of William and Mary opened. In 1866, Jesse James held up his first bank in Liberty, Mo., for $15,000. In 1920, Switzerland rejoined the League of Nations. In 1955, Israel acquired four of seven Dead Sea scrolls. In 1959, the Barbie doll went on sale. In 1993, Sergei Bubka pole vaulted an indoor record 6.14 meters.

 

Quotable... "I can't believe that there's anyone alive who can be persuaded or used as a tool by anybody. Even the simplest-minded person has a mind, and he can say yes or no and distinguish between right or wrong." - Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki about rumors in his country and elsewhere that Osama bin Laden may have been a tool used by another terrorist group.