Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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