Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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