In the "you learn something new every day" category, I was at the hardware store (McGuckin's, of course) and came across cow magnets . At first I thought this product name was some sort of hardware joke, sort of like Duck Tape brand duct tape, which really isn't used for (or on) ducks at all.
Of course, this exposes the fact that I've never lived or worked in a heavily agricultural region, because I'm sure anyone who has even basic first-hand knowledge of cows probably knows that cow magnets are, in fact, a very real and very useful product. Apparently, you feed your calf the magnet at branding time, which then remains in the cow's rumen for the rest of its life, and protects the cow f[...]