The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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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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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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