When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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