It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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