In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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