35 + 101 = 217?

So, I was wrong. They used 217 dalmations to film the live-action remake of 101 Dalmations, not 35 or so like I made up in class. I'm fascinated at how fake facts can seep into my feeble mind like that. Fortunately, one of the lessons of our class is that I'm not alone.

Anyway, here are some more random fun facts: The only semi-reliable source I was able to find on the total population of dogs on Earth places the number at around 400 million. That book, however, doesn't explain how it arrived at that figure, and it does warn that the estimate could be off fairly significantly.

I found a map the top ten pet dog populations by country (although again there's no source on this map's estimates, so caveat emptor):


Also, some dogs do not bark. That's why, in the inductive argument we discussed in class, I was careful to conclude only that "Most dogs bark," not "All dogs bark."

Hey, this is too much focus on dogs for my taste.