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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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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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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