In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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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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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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