Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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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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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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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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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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