A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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A dork is a whale's penis.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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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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