• Uncommon Fact #1: Dogs have dozens of
    facial expressions.
    1. Believe it or not, your animated pooch has about 100 different facial expressions, most involving the ears.
  • Uncommon Fact #2: Dogs can also make
    lots of sounds.
    1. In addition to all those facial expressions, your communicative canine can make about 10 different sounds.
  • Uncommon Fact #3: Humans have organs
    dogs are missing.
    1. It's true... Mother Nature for some reason decided dogs don't need an appendix.
  • Uncommon Fact #4: This dog's appearance
    changes dramatically as he grows.
    1. Did you know Dalmatians are born all white and only develop spots as they get older?
  • Uncommon Fact #5: This breed runs almost
    twice as fast as other dogs.
    1. Most domestic dogs can run at about 19 mph, but Greyhounds, the fastest dogs on Earth, can run at speeds up to 45 mph
  • Uncommon Fact #6: Your dog has a lousy
    short-term memory.
    1. A dog's memory is only five minutes long. A cat's is up to 16 hours.
  • Uncommon Fact #7: Newborn pups give new
    meaning to the term "helpless."
    1. A newborn puppy can't see or hear, has no teeth, and won't be able to control his bladder until he's about four months old.
  • Uncommon Fact #8: A dog's adult teeth are
    built to last.
    1. Believe it or not, the roots of your dog's teeth are longer than the teeth themselves.
  • Uncommon Fact #9: The longest living dog
    almost made it to 30.
    1. Per the Guinness World Book of Records, the longest living dog (verified) was an Australian Cattle Dog named Bluey who lived to be 29.
  • Uncommon Fact #10: Your dog's body is
    exquisitely sensitive to touch.
    1. Touch is the first sense your dog develops — her entire body, including the paws, contains nerve endings sensitive to touch.
  • Uncommon Fact #11: Dogs are as smart
    as toddlers.
    1. Dogs have the intelligence of one to three year-old children — they can understand up to 200 words and hand signals with the same meaning as words.
  • Uncommon Fact #12: Your dog's sense of
    smell is unparalleled.
    1. A dog's sense of smell is over 100,000 times more acute than a human's.