There are more chickens than people in the world.
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Turtles can live for more than 100 years.
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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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Snails can live up to 15 years.
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Chained dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than unchained dogs.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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