Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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