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document.write("<font face=arial,helvetica size=-1 color=#FF0000><b>Cats and Dogs Trivia</b></font>");
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if      (RandomNo < 50)  {document.write(" Dogs have over 200 million scent receptors in their noses (we have only 5 million) so it's important that their food smells good and tastes good. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 100) {document.write(" The name of the dog from 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' is Max. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 150) {document.write(" Researchers studying what dogs like to eat have found that the appetite of pet dogs is affected by the taste, texture and smell of the food, and also by the owners' food preferences, their perception of their pet, and the physical environment in which the dog is eating. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 200) {document.write(" It is a common belief that cats are color blind; but recent studies have shown that cats can see blue, green, and red. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 250) {document.write(" When cats scratch furniture, it isn't an act of malice. They are actually tearing off the ragged edges of the sheaths of their talons to expose the new sharp ones beneath. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 300) {document.write(" An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 350) {document.write(" Cats only need a sixth the amount of light that humans do to see. However, their daytime vision is only fair compared to that of humans. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 400) {document.write(" A cat's whiskers, called vibrissae, grow on the cat's face and on the back of its forelegs. The whiskers are thought to be a kind of sensor to help a cat gauge the space it wants to go through. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 450) {document.write(" The dachshund is one of the oldest dog breeds in history (dating back to ancient Egypt.) The name comes from one of its earliest uses - hunting badgers. In German, Dachs means 'badger,' Hund is 'hound.' ");}
else if (RandomNo < 500) {document.write(" Winston Churchill adored cats. Churchill used to refer to his cat, 'Jock', as his special assistant. 'Jock' was reported to be on the bed with his master on the day the great British statesman died. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 550) {document.write(" An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 600) {document.write(" Cats use more than 500 muscles to leap, jump, and sprint. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 650) {document.write(" Cats can donate blood to other cats. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 700) {document.write(" The theobromine in chocolate that stimulates the cardiac and nervous systems is too much for dogs, especially smaller pups. A chocolate bar is poisonous to dogs and can even be lethal. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 750) {document.write(" Seventy percent of people sign their pet's name on greeting cards and 58 percent include their pets in family and holiday portraits, according to a survey done by the American Animal Hospital Association. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 800) {document.write(" Newborn kittens have closed ear canals that don't begin to open for nine days. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 850) {document.write(" The heaviest cat ever recorded weighed 46 lbs. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 900) {document.write(" Dogs have far fewer taste buds than people -- probably fewer than 2,000. It is the smell that initially attracts them to a particular food. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 950) {document.write(" At the end of World War I, the German government trained the first guide dogs to assist blind war veterans. ");}
else                     {document.write(" Lassie, the TV collie, first appeared in a 1930s short novel titled Lassie Come-Home written by Eric Mowbray Knight. The dog in the novel was based on Knight's real life collie, Toots. ");}
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