When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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