In an otherwise uneventful day, I learned today that the little tree shrew has the highest brain to body mass ratio of any animal; greater than that of humans, dolphins or whales. I couldn't even begin to speculate as to why and none of the articles I read on the subject offered any explanation other than the fact that tree shrews have very tiny bodies.
I came by this tidbit of information via an interesting article in Scientific American which speculates whether whales are smarter than humans.
I also learned about Google's free 411 service - 1-800-GOOG-411. Now that's going to come in handy on the road.
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