By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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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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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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