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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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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