The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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