It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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