Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Feline Facts and Cat Trivia |
| Contrary to popular belief, dreaming of a black cat is said to bring good luck. Ailurophilia is the love of cats. Did you know a cat cannot see the area immediately below its nose? And while humans have unique fingerprints, cats have unique nose pad prints. |
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| Pets, Ponies and Pachyderms: Gone But Not Forgotten |
| Pets enjoy a unique relationship with their human companions. Spoiled and pampered, sometimes the relationship becomes one that defies understanding … except to the animal and person(s) involved. |
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| Facts About Medical Inventions from History |
| Some of the earliest evidence of medical instruments comes from Babylon c.1800 B.C. A surgeon’s use of a bronze knife is referenced in Hammurabi’s Code in which it states that if a patient dies due to the surgeon’s use of the knife, the surgeon’s hand “shall be cut off.” |
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| First Successful “Temporary Insanity” Plea in the United States |
| US Representative Daniel E. Sickles is the first defendant known to have won an acquittal of a first degree murder charge with a plea of not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. In 1859 he shot and killed Philip Barton Key, the son of composer Francis Scott Key, in broad daylight. |
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