How do Cats Purr?

from Wikipedia: The mechanism by which cats purr is ambiguous. This is partly because the cat has no unique anatomical feature that is clearly responsible for the sound.[2]  One hypothesis, backed by electromyographic studies, is that cats produce the purring… Read More

What Was the Bathtub Hoax?

from Wikipedia: On December 28, 1917, an article titled “A Neglected Anniversary” by H. L. Mencken was published in the New York Evening Mail. It claimed that the bathtub had been introduced into the United States as recently as 1842,… Read More