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 Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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