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.

The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and rubbing it on the bite.

Canada makes up 6.67 percent of the Earth's land area.

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