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    Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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    Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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    In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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    When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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    Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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    The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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