In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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