A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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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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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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