By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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