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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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