The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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A dork is a whale's penis.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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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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