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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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