The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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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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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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