Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
47
Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
132
Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
82
Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
19
Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
12
A group of pugs is called a grumble.
10
Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
7
The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
8