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    Cats and sleep
    Cats and sleep
    On average, cats sleep for 2/3 of their life. This would mean that a 9 year old cat has been asleep for 6 years.
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    Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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    Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
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    One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
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    The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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    Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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