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Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Sharks have been around longer than trees.
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Flatworms Mating
When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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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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The Reason Dogs Turn in Circles
Dogs turn in circles before lying down because in the wild this turns long grass into a bed.
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In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig, because they are prone to loneliness.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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