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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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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