Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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