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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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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