Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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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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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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