There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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