- People started raising sheep over ten thousand years ago.
- Spinning wool into thread began about 5,000 years ago.
- One pound of wool can make ten miles of yarn.
- Sheep prefer running water when they drink.
- When Woodrow Wilson was President the First Lady had sheep graze on the White House lawn to keep it neat and well trimmed.
- President James Madison wore an inaugural jacket made from the wool of sheep raised on his Virginia farm.
- If you see a sheep on its back lend a hand! A sheep can't get up from that position. If left on its back too long it will eventually die.
- Ewes typically give birth to twins.
- Sheep grow two teeth a year until they have eight.
- Sheep only have lower teeth that press against an upper palette.
- A one-year old sheep is called a hogget.
- A two-year old sheep is called a two-tooth.
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