cow, n.Trivia

TexasIt is illegal to graffiti someone's cow.

Cows produce roughly 40 glasses of milk a day

Ben and Jerry's have their cows massaged as a part of treating them ethically.

Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.

Only about 60% of a cow is used for food. The other 40% is used to make things like antifreeze, insulin, blood thinners, toothpaste, lipstick, jet fuel, and more.

400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.

Cows are big drinkers --- Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day

Scientists have extracted gold from the urine of cows.

Cows that are given names produce up to five percent more milk.

A cow isn't technically a "cow" until it's had at least one calf. Until then, it's just a heifer.

Cows are numerous in India --- there are over 200 million.

When grazing or resting, cows tend to align their bodies with the magnetic north and south poles.

Gelatin is made primarily out of cow and pig skins.

Cows are sometimes fed Skittles as a cheaper alternative to corn

Cows don't have upper front teeth

Cows have best friends and are happier when they're together.

Cows give more milk when listening to music

It is possible to lead one up stairs but not down.

Boston's crooked streets are said, apocryphally, to be a result of the citizens of Olde Boston having just paved over cow paths.