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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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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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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