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The oldest cow ever recorded was a Dremon Cow named "Big Bertha" that died 3 months just before her 49th birthday on New Years Eve, 1993.
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'Big Bertha' also holds the record for lifetime breeding as she produced 39 calves.
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The heaviest live birth of a calf is 225 lbs for a British Friesian cow in 1961.
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Dairy cows can produce 125 lbs of saliva a day.
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Dairy cows can produce up to 200 lbs of flatus (trumps and burps) a day!
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Cows often have their ears pierced-with I.D. tags.
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People first domesticated cows about 5000 years ago.
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The Holstein cow produces the most milk of all breeds.
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Cows can live to the age of 25 years old if people would let them.
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A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
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In an average herd, there is 1 bull to every 30 cows.
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Cows can detect odours up to five miles away.
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The age of a cow can be determined by counting the rings on its horns.
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Cows can see colour.
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There are approximately 350 'squirts' in a gallon of milk.
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Cows can pick and lick their noses with their tongues.
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Cows drink 25-50 gallons of water each day. That's nearly a bathtub full.
When the Pilgrims went to America, they took cows with them.
