A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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