Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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