Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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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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The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, can grow over 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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