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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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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