A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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