The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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