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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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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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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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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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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