In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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