Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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