Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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