Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
47
Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
19
A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
23
Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
205
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
79
Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
350