Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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