Another cool fact about Zeus (who, sadly, has passed away since this video was made): He used to visit hospitals and similar facilities as a therapy dog. When my mother was nervously awaiting her first chemo treatment at a cancer center in Michigan (where Zeus was from), she actually got to meet him and he spent some time comforting her.
knowing that Ozzy Osbourne rescued his dog from an enemy makes me respect him a whole helluva lot more than I did before. Good for him! He knows that dogs rule!
When I was a kid, we had Toto's grandaughter. We got her from the breeder with a stack of show ribbons and all the paperwork showing lineage and a b&w of Toto on set. Her name was Joleene and was retiring from breeding after a successful show career.
The fact about beatles "day in the life" song, cannot be heard from CD, as CD cannot have high frequency audio.. and most youtube songs that are being uploaded are taken from the CD, so no point trying out that myth without vinyl
Oh my god. I clicked on your 25 jobs that don't exist video, paused it to go throw something away and left my dogs in my room with the door closed. Once I came back this video was playing. Holy crap that's crazy!!!
You should mention that the dog whistle cannot be heard on the Sgt. Pepper CD (since CDs and MP3s are limited to the Hz) but can be heard off the vinyl.
#18 about the Malinois Shepherd is a picture of a German Shepherd. Malinois don't have the black saddle pattern on their backs and generally have much more black in the face.
I have a large, black, standard Poodle named Pammy as a guide dog. I'm glad you mentioned both poodles and guide dogs. She's very happy, very smart and very big.
Well, I know dogs can be proud of their achievements. My dog once showed me she gave birth to the first puppy of her litter the day she had it. That look on her face was pure pride.
Fun fact: In Welsh folklore the Corgi was thought to be the prefered steed of fairy warriors, due to the white, saddle shaped markings on their backs :)
Corgis are also great at herding the other dogs and trapping them on the couch. And herding sticks and twigs and collecting them on the deck. And herding toys and socks and keeping them under the bed......
I have a dog. I had two, but the older one passed away back in October. The thing about my chocolate lab(s, we're doing a bit past-tense here.) Is that the dipstick of a female we have now, is a genius, at faking being dumb. She barely knows any commands that I teach her and she is IMMENSELY lazy, but she loves food to the point she figured out how to open the folding closet doors, pull out the huge rubbermaid tub of food, knock the wooden rocking horse off teh top of it, (Our attempt at keeping the food from her.) And then OPENING the lid of the rubbermaid tub with her teeth! She's smart, sometimes. And I love her, sometimes, but I wonder what when wrong in her head. (Both her parents are trained professional search dogs!) And then there was our older lab, an amazingly genius male dog who most likely exceeded the common development in his brain, (I.e we truly believe he was smarter than a two year old. Like, he might have been more like a three or four year old.) You probably stopped reading this because I am being self absorbed and "bragging" about my dog(s), but I like to relive these memories. Anyway, this genius dog was smart enough you could be far away from my dad and the watering hose, and you could tell him, "Go get water from daddy," and he would literally look at you for a second, then meander up the hill to the other side of the house to my dad who had the watering hose, and he would do exactly what you said and get himself a drink of water. Other memories of him that I have, he was super protective, especially of me. I was a baby and he was still considered a puppy, but he protected me so many times. He also knew exactly what was his. He would, even when we moved to a place without a fence around it, and even with its large abundance of land, he never left the property. He knew what was his. And if you were to give him an old tennis shoe and play with it with him, you could take it away, go to another room, put it in a closet full of shoes, and he could go in and pull out the exact shoe you gave him. He wouldn't even think of taking any of the others. If you read all this, thank you. I appreciate it. I loved that big old dog and he is gone now. I'm left with my dipstick of a dog. I will always miss him, but I think maybe, I'll be okay. (PS: The first guide dog for the blind arrived from Switzerland in Nashville TN in 1927, the German Shepard's name was Buddy, and his handler was Morris Frank. They made the news and eventually started the first American dog training school in New Jersey some years later.)
I know exactly how you feel. My dog was a shep-mix. I swear he was smarter than some people I've known. He was not as big as a pure German Shepard but very strong for his size. He was also an escape artist. Fences, chains, collars, nothing seemed to keep him from escaping until we got boat anchor chain. Animal control couldn't catch him although they did follow him home once. He would also fetch ANYTHING you could throw. My brother to be funny once rolled a bowling ball to him. He got his teeth in the finger holes and brought it back. He even tried fetching snowballs. When my abusive father came for a visit this normally peaceful dog took an instant dislike to him and tried his best to attack him. (I admit I wanted to let him) This same dog played with children he didn't know and only licked them. (I called him a "Lick dog" sometimes) He loved peanut-butter and when you couldn't get anymore out of the jar we'd give it to him. He would hold it in his paws and stick his face in to lick it clean. I could go on for hours but I really miss him he was my truest friend.
Labs are like that some are really smart and can follow commands really well but can't even notice if you dangle a leash in front of them to go for a walk but others don't follow commands well and will always know a walking routine. Labs are like people they can do some stuff but can't do others like I am very good at literature but I can't do math to save my life.
I suppose that's why the non-Anglosphere mostly uses numerical grades... Except France of course, where there's a grade 13, which, considering French grades are 1-20, is actually not bad at all, despite using the quintessential unlucky number.
The reason we have so many homeless dogs is not because of puppy mills, it is because of careless selfish people who think they want a dog until they realize that they actually have to take care of and be responsible for them.
Zeus the Great Dane died in Sept of 2014 he was only 5. That's below average for a Great Dane it's usually 6 to 8 years. I can't imagine investing so much emotion on a dog that has such short lifespan. My last dog was 13 when she died I was devasted emotionally from her loss, I loved her so much.
I don't know about Boston Terriers, but Bulldogs definitely are always Caesarian deliveries in my experience. It begs the question of why they continue breeding for the massive head and tiny hips (as well as their ridiculously undersized airways).
Dogs can also be trained to detect high/low blood sugar, certain cancers, and can predict when an epileptic owner is about to have a seizure. They are so in-tune with our body scents and body language that is is no surprise that more and more people are getting and registering ESD (Emotional Support Dogs). They are fantastic for helping people with anxiety, PTSD, Aspergers and Autism.
@@Vi.wo13 its for trying to sound formal. something that doesnt come up very often when talking about a dackel because of the goofy nature of this type of dog.
My school actually still used E's in its grading system! F's need to be brought to the guidance department and approved before they can actually be given to a student because they're considered much harsher despite the fact that both of them constitute a failing grade.
The first few years I went to school we used E as a grade. It was E for excellent, S for superior, M for median, I for insufficient, and F for failure. The school changed to the standard A-F when I was a little older.
Who has time to do all that exercising shit for their dog? You gotta walk it and so much more. But cats poo by themselves and do all sorts of other cool stuff.
As for the Seeing Eye dog fact, it's true that they learn to use the bathroom on command. My family raises dogs for the Seeing Eye based out of Morristown, New Jersey. We have to use the word 'park' to get them to use the bathroom.
To add a 42nd piece of trivia to this video: The background street at 6:42-6:46 is not in fact in San Francisco (where the story is placed). It is *Trinity Lane in Cambridge, United Kingdom* And it's probably the worst looking street in the entire Cambridge (they really should replace that tarmac..), even though it's in the very centre of this rather touristy town, known mainly for its architecture.
A dogs’ sense of smell can be described like this In a pizza shop I smell pizza A dog smells tomato, basil, oregano and cheese A Basset Hound smells Roma tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese etc.
On point 21, my wife has a guide dog (or seeing eye dog) - her second one - neither would toilet on demand. The same is true for most other users we know. It does work if you consider "on command" to mean "walk around in a circle for a half hour waiting for the dang dog to poop"
When talking about the episode with Fala, FDR said "I didn't resent it, my family didn't, but he did... when he found out his Scotch soul was furious. When Pushinka, the dog given to FDR, had puppies herself, they were nicknamed the pupniks.
Moose was not the ONLY dog to play Eddie on the Frasier show. Moose's son, "Enzo the Dog" (yes that's his actual name), played Eddie in several shows in the latter seasons. Enzo the Dog, is easily recognized because his coat is shorter than Moose's is.
We have an E grade at my school. You can get one for "Passing for reasons other than academic achievement". I'm not sure what that means and I've never heard of anyone getting one, but that's what it says in the Student Handbook.
A Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Sallie would stand and guard wounded soldiers in the battlefield during the American Civil War. Rottweilers used to march with Hannibal (277-183 BC). These were the facts I was hoping for.There are much more interesting tidbits about dogs in history than what was said in this video.
Your Belgian Malinois picture is actually a German Shepard... My Belgian is very offended that you could possibly mistake her for a German Shepard... Arf Arf... Belgians are typically smaller, lighter and more agile that German Shepards. The Belgian is more square in the body, and has less of a slope in the hind quarters. Oh, and their colors are usually the opposite of a German... Let me know if you need a video clip or picture.. Mine is very Photogenic.
I can't believe that this is the guy that wrote "The Fault in Our Stars". I still haven't seen the movie yet though. I'm a John Green fan from these videos.
Guilt is a social emotion universal to all highly social mammals, especially dogs. Dogs simply process that emotion differently, not because they don't "feel" it but because they're cognitive abilities are much less than humans.
The story of Chaser the Border Collie, who knew all those words, is actually even more impressive than that. When the researchers introduced a new item that the dog didn't know and said to go find it, the dog would be able to tell which one it was by process of elimination and thereafter would know what that thing was called.
In my grade school near Chicago there were three letters used on report cards, E, S, and U, for Excellent, Satisfactory, and Un-. Teachers could add a + or - to each.
FYI: Only dogs trained at the Seeing Eye in Morristown NJ can be called seeing eye dogs. The proper term for any other dog trained for the blind is a guide dog.
There actually used to be a very popular grading scale that included E well up into the 1980"s. It was the E-S-M-I-F system. The letters stood for Excellent- Satisfactory- Median- Inferior- and of course Failing.
Another cool fact about Zeus (who, sadly, has passed away since this video was made): He used to visit hospitals and similar facilities as a therapy dog. When my mother was nervously awaiting her first chemo treatment at a cancer center in Michigan (where Zeus was from), she actually got to meet him and he spent some time comforting her.
"Professionally vapid" what a great line!
knowing that Ozzy Osbourne rescued his dog from an enemy makes me respect him a whole helluva lot more than I did before. Good for him! He knows that dogs rule!
When I was a kid, we had Toto's grandaughter. We got her from the breeder with a stack of show ribbons and all the paperwork showing lineage and a b&w of Toto on set. Her name was Joleene and was retiring from breeding after a successful show career.
The fact about beatles "day in the life" song, cannot be heard from CD, as CD cannot have high frequency audio.. and most youtube songs that are being uploaded are taken from the CD, so no point trying out that myth without vinyl
Do one for cats!
And do one for pigs so you can maybe get that Pork Chop Party fund finished.
Oh my god. I clicked on your 25 jobs that don't exist video, paused it to go throw something away and left my dogs in my room with the door closed. Once I came back this video was playing. Holy crap that's crazy!!!
You should mention that the dog whistle cannot be heard on the Sgt. Pepper CD (since CDs and MP3s are limited to the Hz) but can be heard off the vinyl.
#18 about the Malinois Shepherd is a picture of a German Shepherd. Malinois don't have the black saddle pattern on their backs and generally have much more black in the face.
The Kardashians....professionally vapid? John, you're my hero.
I have a large, black, standard Poodle named Pammy as a guide dog. I'm glad you mentioned both poodles and guide dogs. She's very happy, very smart and very big.
Well, I know dogs can be proud of their achievements. My dog once showed me she gave birth to the first puppy of her litter the day she had it. That look on her face was pure pride.
Fun fact: In Welsh folklore the Corgi was thought to be the prefered steed of fairy warriors, due to the white, saddle shaped markings on their backs :)
Corgis are also great at herding the other dogs and trapping them on the couch. And herding sticks and twigs and collecting them on the deck. And herding toys and socks and keeping them under the bed......
Mental Floss is an awesome series. I watch all of their weekly videos. Also John Green is a producer of the show. #DFTBA
I see a corgi owner... Lol. They're tough little beggars. You don't argue with them!
"Professionally vapid" lmao. Love it.
I have a dog. I had two, but the older one passed away back in October. The thing about my chocolate lab(s, we're doing a bit past-tense here.) Is that the dipstick of a female we have now, is a genius, at faking being dumb.
She barely knows any commands that I teach her and she is IMMENSELY lazy, but she loves food to the point she figured out how to open the folding closet doors, pull out the huge rubbermaid tub of food, knock the wooden rocking horse off teh top of it, (Our attempt at keeping the food from her.) And then OPENING the lid of the rubbermaid tub with her teeth! She's smart, sometimes. And I love her, sometimes, but I wonder what when wrong in her head. (Both her parents are trained professional search dogs!)
And then there was our older lab, an amazingly genius male dog who most likely exceeded the common development in his brain, (I.e we truly believe he was smarter than a two year old. Like, he might have been more like a three or four year old.) You probably stopped reading this because I am being self absorbed and "bragging" about my dog(s), but I like to relive these memories.
Anyway, this genius dog was smart enough you could be far away from my dad and the watering hose, and you could tell him, "Go get water from daddy," and he would literally look at you for a second, then meander up the hill to the other side of the house to my dad who had the watering hose, and he would do exactly what you said and get himself a drink of water.
Other memories of him that I have, he was super protective, especially of me. I was a baby and he was still considered a puppy, but he protected me so many times. He also knew exactly what was his. He would, even when we moved to a place without a fence around it, and even with its large abundance of land, he never left the property. He knew what was his. And if you were to give him an old tennis shoe and play with it with him, you could take it away, go to another room, put it in a closet full of shoes, and he could go in and pull out the exact shoe you gave him. He wouldn't even think of taking any of the others.
If you read all this, thank you. I appreciate it. I loved that big old dog and he is gone now. I'm left with my dipstick of a dog. I will always miss him, but I think maybe, I'll be okay.
(PS: The first guide dog for the blind arrived from Switzerland in Nashville TN in 1927, the German Shepard's name was Buddy, and his handler was Morris Frank. They made the news and eventually started the first American dog training school in New Jersey some years later.)
I do not care.
MikeSopespian
You must care you took the time out of your day to write your comment.
Aww those are nice stories, thanks for sharing
I know exactly how you feel. My dog was a shep-mix. I swear he was smarter than some people I've known. He was not as big as a pure German Shepard but very strong for his size. He was also an escape artist. Fences, chains, collars, nothing seemed to keep him from escaping until we got boat anchor chain. Animal control couldn't catch him although they did follow him home once. He would also fetch ANYTHING you could throw. My brother to be funny once rolled a bowling ball to him. He got his teeth in the finger holes and brought it back. He even tried fetching snowballs. When my abusive father came for a visit this normally peaceful dog took an instant dislike to him and tried his best to attack him. (I admit I wanted to let him) This same dog played with children he didn't know and only licked them. (I called him a "Lick dog" sometimes) He loved peanut-butter and when you couldn't get anymore out of the jar we'd give it to him. He would hold it in his paws and stick his face in to lick it clean. I could go on for hours but I really miss him he was my truest friend.
Labs are like that some are really smart and can follow commands really well but can't even notice if you dangle a leash in front of them to go for a walk but others don't follow commands well and will always know a walking routine. Labs are like people they can do some stuff but can't do others like I am very good at literature but I can't do math to save my life.
My grading scale is A through E. We don't use F because people think it means fail.
We're both from michigan. the only state to do so
kalzorath Michigan is really the only state?
But it does mean fail.
I suppose that's why the non-Anglosphere mostly uses numerical grades... Except France of course, where there's a grade 13, which, considering French grades are 1-20, is actually not bad at all, despite using the quintessential unlucky number.
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I believe so yes, I had a friend in illinois and looked it up a while back
The reason we have so many homeless dogs is not because of puppy mills, it is because of careless selfish people who think they want a dog until they realize that they actually have to take care of and be responsible for them.
That also explains street gangs and homeless people.
Well the puppy mills don't help those idiots who think pets are easy to care for because puppy mills make it easy for them to get the dogs.
Zeus the Great Dane died in Sept of 2014 he was only 5. That's below average for a Great Dane it's usually 6 to 8 years. I can't imagine investing so much emotion on a dog that has such short lifespan. My last dog was 13 when she died I was devasted emotionally from her loss, I loved her so much.
My dachshund loves badgering me when I'm trying to take a break from playing.>->
I don't know about Boston Terriers, but Bulldogs definitely are always Caesarian deliveries in my experience. It begs the question of why they continue breeding for the massive head and tiny hips (as well as their ridiculously undersized airways).
For Their Looks. Vanity Rules The World!
YAAAY! John's Back! :D
So good :)
Congratz on one million subs! love all the vids!
Dogs can also be trained to detect high/low blood sugar, certain cancers, and can predict when an epileptic owner is about to have a seizure. They are so in-tune with our body scents and body language that is is no surprise that more and more people are getting and registering ESD (Emotional Support Dogs). They are fantastic for helping people with anxiety, PTSD, Aspergers and Autism.
Btw for anyone who cares:
Dachshund in German is Dackel [dukl] or Teckel (old) [tackle]
well some people also use dachshund in german. but yes its way more common to call them Dackel.
@@94Newbie I do not know a single German person saying "Dachshund" to a Dackel.
@@Vi.wo13 its for trying to sound formal. something that doesnt come up very often when talking about a dackel because of the goofy nature of this type of dog.
Moose from Fraiser also "wrote" a book called My Life as a Dog. It is one of my most prized possessions.
Bummer & Lazarus have also been immortalized in Christopher Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends" and "A Dirty Job" as well as a few other books.
My school actually still used E's in its grading system! F's need to be brought to the guidance department and approved before they can actually be given to a student because they're considered much harsher despite the fact that both of them constitute a failing grade.
I misread the title as "40 Facts about Drugs" lol
Same
So you can't read numbers or words?
Super Hans
Numbers *and* words ... ;-p
Steve Grundon I sure she reads quite fine, and dosnt nead assistence from you! :D
Maybe if you did fewer drugs, you'd be able to read more clearly! :)
My favourite mental floss so far!! :D
How do you dust all that shit behind you?
Lmao
Time for a Swiffer (tm) tie in. lol
Canned air! It's not just for computers any more.
Oh, man, you just made my brain hurt.
David McNick with a leaf blower at full speed.
Love the use of "Friendbeasts."
John green, you did bring your awesome
Congrats on 1,000,000 subscribers!
I don't think I could ever live without a pet. I love my dogs.
CONGRATS ON 1MIL SUUUUBS! 💥
The first few years I went to school we used E as a grade. It was E for excellent, S for superior, M for median, I for insufficient, and F for failure. The school changed to the standard A-F when I was a little older.
Greyfriars Bobby is a pretty great story I used to tell when I led tours in Edinburgh.
The entire script for this episode was perfection but the cake goes to "we are also professionally vapid"
My grading scale:
A: awful
B: bad
C: creative
D: delightful
E: excellent
Well, uh, I have cats, so... I suck.
Umm cat people kinda think different... maybe it's time for 41 facts about cats
I prefer dogs, I just happen to have cats.
Having cats means you are awesome. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. =3
Who has time to do all that exercising shit for their dog? You gotta walk it and so much more. But cats poo by themselves and do all sorts of other cool stuff.
I have 2 kittens and a 9 year old dog >.
As for the Seeing Eye dog fact, it's true that they learn to use the bathroom on command. My family raises dogs for the Seeing Eye based out of Morristown, New Jersey. We have to use the word 'park' to get them to use the bathroom.
You referred to Cruella De Ville liking poodle skin for her coats but she wanted Dalmatians. .. pretty obvious I would have thought... 101 Poodles?
She wanted them but wasn't successful
"Professionally vapid" is now my new favorite phrase.
To add a 42nd piece of trivia to this video:
The background street at 6:42-6:46 is not in fact in San Francisco (where the story is placed). It is *Trinity Lane in Cambridge, United Kingdom*
And it's probably the worst looking street in the entire Cambridge (they really should replace that tarmac..), even though it's in the very centre of this rather touristy town, known mainly for its architecture.
That wasn't a Malinois...that was a German Shepherd Dog...
Funny they included a fact about small dogs having dreams when my Chihuahua is lying next to me, dreaming. :)
Garde E can be misunderstood as Excellent, but F can be thought as Fantastic :D
Great show ! Love your salon man. very cool. I learned many new facts and look forward to more shows.
When you said "treat" my dog came over and stared at me. Lol
A bat joke with Ozzy, "Dirty pool, old man!"
Love these videos!!!
That is not a Belgian Malinois pictured in the video, that is a German Shepherd Dog.
Mount Holyoke isn't actually in Holyoke, MA; It is in South Hadley, MA.
A dogs’ sense of smell can be described like this
In a pizza shop I smell pizza
A dog smells tomato, basil, oregano and cheese
A Basset Hound smells Roma tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese etc.
Mindblowing question: could we here on earth theoretically create a substance similar to naquadah from the Stargate series?
On point 21, my wife has a guide dog (or seeing eye dog) - her second one - neither would toilet on demand. The same is true for most other users we know. It does work if you consider "on command" to mean "walk around in a circle for a half hour waiting for the dang dog to poop"
When talking about the episode with Fala, FDR said "I didn't resent it, my family didn't, but he did... when he found out his Scotch soul was furious.
When Pushinka, the dog given to FDR, had puppies herself, they were nicknamed the pupniks.
In the UK we have the E grade as well as letters A-F, we also have U which stands for 'Ungraded'
Why do people think that Dorothy's shoes were ruby red? They were silver!
.....in the film they were red
in The Wiz they are kept as silver :)
Jodie, in the book they were silver, the red just appeared better looking on screen. Also in Wicked they were silver.
I've never red the book but the reason everyone thinks they're red is because of the film. Blame them lol
Yeah, they were talking about the film, so red seems apropriate.
So THAT'S where the mention of "Bummer and Lazarus" came from in DPC's Pyramid City! I WAS WONDERING!
My 230 pound mastiff puppy approves of this video :)
Love the shout-out for Blue III!
My question for John is why do we like books so much (at least most of us do.)
Nothing about Wishbone?
The picture of fact 18 shows a German sheperd instead of a malinois sheperd.
CONGRRATZ ON A MILLION SUBS!!!!
Moose was not the ONLY dog to play Eddie on the Frasier show. Moose's son, "Enzo the Dog" (yes that's his actual name), played Eddie in several shows in the latter seasons. Enzo the Dog, is easily recognized because his coat is shorter than Moose's is.
I have seen Zesus before. He lives in my college city and is a therapy dog for the children hospital
Almost a million subs! Still can't believe it isn't five million...
We have an E grade at my school. You can get one for "Passing for reasons other than academic achievement". I'm not sure what that means and I've never heard of anyone getting one, but that's what it says in the Student Handbook.
Ozzy saved his dog's life and kicked a coyote's ass? That's pretty metal \m/
A Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Sallie would stand and guard wounded soldiers in the battlefield during the American Civil War. Rottweilers used to march with Hannibal (277-183 BC). These were the facts I was hoping for.There are much more interesting tidbits about dogs in history than what was said in this video.
Congrats for 1mil subs!
Your Belgian Malinois picture is actually a German Shepard... My Belgian is very offended that you could possibly mistake her for a German Shepard... Arf Arf...
Belgians are typically smaller, lighter and more agile that German Shepards. The Belgian is more square in the body, and has less of a slope in the hind quarters. Oh, and their colors are usually the opposite of a German... Let me know if you need a video clip or picture.. Mine is very Photogenic.
I just realized that he is the person that wrote The Fault in Our Stars!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The bat in that last last joke is laughing it's head off.
My mom helped to take care of Millie's puppies, turns out they get their vets from the military =) She even made it into the book!
i love you
I can't believe that this is the guy that wrote "The Fault in Our Stars". I still haven't seen the movie yet though. I'm a John Green fan from these videos.
1:06
That's one beautiful news article.
Also, there should be an apostrophe in "WORLDS."
Guilt is a social emotion universal to all highly social mammals, especially dogs. Dogs simply process that emotion differently, not because they don't "feel" it but because they're cognitive abilities are much less than humans.
most schools in maryland especially montgomery county use the a-e grading scale
I wrote about Pushinka in every Cold War essay I wrote this year in A Level history. It was my awesome fact.
Yea, you better apologize, John. GO GIANTS!
I am so happy I stumpled on this channel by accident when I miss clicked looking for a different science channel
The story of Chaser the Border Collie, who knew all those words, is actually even more impressive than that. When the researchers introduced a new item that the dog didn't know and said to go find it, the dog would be able to tell which one it was by process of elimination and thereafter would know what that thing was called.
Will there be any kind of special celebration when the Mental Floss channel reaches 1 million subscribers? It's getting very close!
In my grade school near Chicago there were three letters used on report cards, E, S, and U, for Excellent, Satisfactory, and Un-. Teachers could add a + or - to each.
That's a pretty common grading scale for elementary schools.
Finally I was expecting GREAT DANE FROM THE BEGIN IF HE WOULD HAVE NOT SAID ANY FACTS ABOUT DANE I WOULD HAVE BEEN UPSET .
Are y'all close to the pork chop party yet?
FYI: Only dogs trained at the Seeing Eye in Morristown NJ can be called seeing eye dogs. The proper term for any other dog trained for the blind is a guide dog.
Gratz on 1m subs
I'd like to see 42 facts about kitties!
love the ozzy story that was awesome
Thank you for explaining about poodles!!!
There actually used to be a very popular grading scale that included E well up into the 1980"s.
It was the E-S-M-I-F system.
The letters stood for Excellent- Satisfactory- Median- Inferior- and of course Failing.
When was the first book mass published?
Here's one that a friend and I were pondering the other day: How do you remember the lyrics to a song you may not have heard in years?
We use A to E here in Australia but when I lived in New Zealand, the highest grade was E, which did indeed stand for "Excellence"