A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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