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How often are field mice eaten?

In an approximately 2900 ha study area, approximately 170,000 field mice were produced in each of the two study years (1975 and 1976). Of the 170,000 field mice, predators ate 165,000 and 148,000 in the two study years respectively.

How long does it take to count?

If you need to count to a million it takes about 2-3 days, if you need to count to a billion and it takes on average 5.2142857 sec to say each number, it will take 5,214,285,700 sec, or 86,904,761,666 min, or 1,448,412,694 hours, or 60,350 days, or 165,343 years.

Denmark spends little money on sexual health

In 2007, Denmark spent approximately DKK 20 million on prevention and sexual health – a figure that has fallen from DKK 30-35 million in the 1980s. This is far less than the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, for example. If Denmark were to spend as much as the Netherlands per citizen, we would have to spend five or six times as much money on prevention.

Which pig was Big Bill?

The heaviest pig known to man was a boar called “Big Bill” that died in the state of Tennessee, USA, in 1933. The pig weighed no less than 1,157.5 kg, measured 2.74 m. stretched out and was 1.52 m. at shoulder height.

How is the word night used?

When night is described in relation to a day of the week, for example “Monday night”, it refers to the night between that day and the next. Conversely, Christmas night is the night before Christmas Day.