# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)

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**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/1407 "2021-02-15T10:18:30Z")

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We now ask for cites for mindless pointless stuff??

I live there and most of my neighbors have dogs. My wife has lived there 50 years and agrees that people she knows tend to use English commands to their dogs. Philipinos who have been to school are all fairly fluent in English, so the reason may be that so much dog-related lore has been passed down through English media.

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