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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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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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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