Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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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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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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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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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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