Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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'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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