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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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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