A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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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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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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