1. The choice of date for St Valentine’s Day was probably the Christian answer to Lupercalia.
2. Goats are the ninth most frequently mentioned animal in the bible behind sheep, lamb, lion, ox, ram, horse, bullock and ass, but ahead of camel.
3. There are around 750 million goats in the world. China has most with nearly 160 million goats. India comes second with 123 million.
4. The Norse god Thor rode a chariot drawn by billygoats who were called Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.
5. Goats produce about two per cent of the world’s total annual milk supply.
6. A goat stood for the post of mayor in a Brazil town in 1996 but was assassinated before the vote.
7. In 2008, the Royal Navy was reported to be seeking foster homes for a herd of goats used in decompression sickness experiments.
8. In 2009, a goat was arrested in Nigeria on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
9. Research in 2006 reported that wild goats can be frightened by the smell of tiger excrement.
10. Mussolini imposed a goat tax in Italy in 1927.
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