Some Sámi in Norway like to add a bit of fat from reindeer jerky to their coffee.

Ethiopian wolves are considered by some to be the first carnivores observed pollinating flowers. Sure, they like to eat big-headed rats, but for dessert they enjoy licking nectar from certain flowers and moving pollen from plant to plant with their snouts.

In 1960, the U.S. had 9.2 hospital beds per 1,000 people. As of 2020, that number had decreased to 2.7.

For training purposes, the U.S. State Department created the fictional Republic of Z in the 1970s. It represents countries the U.S. may ignore.

Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen developed the eye test chart in 1862 with some help from his professor, Franciscus Cornelius Donders. Many ophthalmologists and vision scientists now use the LogMAR chart, short for Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution. The Snellen chart usually shows 11 rows of letters.

This article appears in December 6 • 2024.

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