Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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