Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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