One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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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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