The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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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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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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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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