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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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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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