A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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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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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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