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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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