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 domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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