Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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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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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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