Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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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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