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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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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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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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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