Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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