Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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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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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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