It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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