Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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