Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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