Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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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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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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