If animals are your passion then Visit the Zoo Day gives you a great opportunity to really get close to some of the most intriguing and engaging species on the planet. No matter where you live, you're usually not far from a zoo, so why not go for a visit and find out more?
These days zoos are at the forefront of much of the research which goes on into animal behavior and how best to protect vulnerable animals from extinction. Many zoos have breeding programs running, where they work with other facilities around the world to increase the numbers of endangered populations. Zoo enclosures are roomy and mirror an animal’s natural environment closely. Some zoos house indigenous species rather than those from further afield.
People of all ages are fascinated by zoo animals, so a trip on Visit the Zoo Day is a superb idea for a family treat.
Word of the Day
hooey:
(slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense.
(slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense.
History
1831 - Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution.
1845 - Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery of his own child in Jefferson, GA.
1900 - Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. She broke each and every one of the liquor bottles that could be seen.
1947 - The children's television program "Howdy Doody," hosted by Bob Smith, made its debut on NBC.
1971 - Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and Woodstock of Charles Schulz’ "Peanuts" comic strip were on the cover of "Newsweek" magazine.
2002 - Clonaid announced the birth of the first cloned human baby. The baby had been born December 26.
We all know there’s no “I” in team but one police force appears to have taken the phrase a little too seriously. This unfortunate spelling error was spotted on the side of a South Yorkshire Police car. While the missing letter looks like a classic Photoshop job, a police spokesperson confirmed it is a genuine photo.
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'hello' in Croatia: Bog (hello) Dobar dan (good day)
MOVIE FACTS
Katherine Hepburn only drank water throughout The African Queen production as a protest against John Huston and Humphrey Bogart's alcoholism. However, most of the cast and crew became sick from the water and only Bogart and Huston were unaffected because they only drank whiskey.
Walt Disney paid the animators on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $5 for any gag that made it into the final version of the movie.
The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours' worth.
The cake in the movie Sixteen Candles is made of cardboard.
Pumbaa in The Lion King was the first character to fart in a Disney movie.
Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made "that disgusting movie Psycho."
Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo was the director's first film in twelve years not to feature Leonardo DiCaprio.
In the scene in Alien when the alien comes out of John Hurt's stomach, the actors were not actually told it was going to happen.
The voice actors of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from the 1930s got married in real life.
In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler's List for his student film requirement.
After Top Gun was shown in cinemas, recruitment into the Navy by young men went up by 500 percent.
The pile of excreta that the young Jamal jumps into in Slumdog Millionaire was made from a combination of peanut butter and chocolate.
The phrase "old sport" is said 55 times during The Great Gatsby (2013).
The director of Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan had to wear William Shatner out by doing multiple takes until he'd get tired enough to start actually acting.
The total footage shot for 2001: A Space Odyssey was some 200 times the final length of the film.
The sounds made by the Brachiosaurs in Jurassic Park were a combination of whale and donkey sounds.
Due to a zipper breaking, Olivia Newton-John had to be sewn into the trousers she wears in the last carnival scene of Grease.
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