When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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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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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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