All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930!
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
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Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
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Armadillos can get leprosy.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!
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