Dibs on the patent!

It's more powerful if you just use a wheel covered with cats. And then you can eat the buttered toast!

MMmmmmmmm.... buttered cats....

According to Wired, giraffes only require 1.9 hours of sleep per day.

Over the years, Barnum’s Animal Crackers has featured 54 different animals. The most recent addition was the koala in 2002, to celebrate Animal Crackers’ 100th anniversary.

A study of OkCupid profiles found that using a flash to take a picture makes one look about 7 years older.

Staying out in the sun to have your picture taken eventually makes you look 50 years older, with or without a camera.

With the exception of manatees and sloths, all mammals have seven cervical (neck) vertebrae. This includes mice, humans and giraffes.

What about duck-billed platypuses?

Excellent question. I haven't been able to find an answer. But I did find that I don't want to date a platypus:

That would make a mess of your good silk blouse.

oozing seldom makes for a good date.

I can't really see them that clearly, but it looks like 6 neck bones in the duck billed platypus.

Cool venomous spikes...

I wonder if they make great pets.

Doubtful. Too many questions.

Gravdigr - you may enjoy this one...

Burials in America deposit 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid (formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol) into the soil each year.

On the flip side, cremation pumps dioxins, hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air.

More importantly, what about the chupacabra?