Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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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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