Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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