The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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