The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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