Animal Eyes

Without cats, the world would lose an important contributor to keeping the population of rats and other disease-bearing rodents at a manageable level. In just one year, a single pair of rats can produce more than 2,000 offspring. Luckily, cats assist in keeping these numbers in check.

Are you familiar with the Angola Prison Rodeo? It’s the longest-running event of its kind in the United States. How it works is that four inmates play cards at a table in the middle of an arena in which a bull is eventually released. Like, an actual bull. The last man to stay in his seat is crowned champion!

To find the temperature when both are equal, we use an old algebra trick and just set ºF = ºC and solve one of the equations. So the temperature when both the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales are the same is -40 degrees.