Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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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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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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