Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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