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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A dork is a whale's penis.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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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’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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