Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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