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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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