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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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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