Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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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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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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