Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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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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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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