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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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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