Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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