Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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