Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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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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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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