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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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