Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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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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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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