Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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