The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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