The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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A banana slug can be 6-8 inches and their erect penis can be just as long. Also, their penises emerge from their heads. After sex, banana slugs eat each others penises.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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