The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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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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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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