The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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