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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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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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 elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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