It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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