Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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