In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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