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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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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