Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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