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Your cat is a killer. According to biologists, when they’re not curling up in your lap, cats are off killing other animals — billions of ‘em. Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimate that each year, apparently bloodthirsty felines are preying on billions of birds and small mammals like indigenous chipmunks, shrews, and meadow voles. “When we ran the model, we didn’t know what to expect,” researcher Dr. Peter Marra told theNew York Times. “We were absolutely stunned by the results.”
4 to 18 — Birds killed by a typical house cat every year
8 to 21 — Small mammals killed by a typical house cat every year
1.4 billion to 3.7 billion — Total birds killed by America’s cats every year -
33 percent of Americans feel pressured to go to work even when they’re sick. But you can transmit the flu from up to 6 feet away.
Maybe you should think about staying home next time?(Source: theweek.com)
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Our newest infographic features some pretty shocking facts about our plastic surgery obsession. For example, teenage plastic surgery is on the rise. There were 14,000 procedures performed on teens in 1996, compared to 77,000 in 2011.
(Source: theweek.com)
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77 percent of Americans think all citizens should be able to pass the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test.
35 percent of voting-age Americans would fail to answer more than half the questions correctly — and thus fail the test.
98 percent of immigrants seeking citizenship pass the civics portion of the exam.
