Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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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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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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