It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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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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