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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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