Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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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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