The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
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The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein!
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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