Random Animal Facts

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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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    Haicheng Earthquake
    Haicheng Earthquake
    In 1975, officials in the Chinese city of Haicheng were so alarmed by odd and anxious behavior of dogs and other animals, they ordered the evacuation of 90,000 residents from the city. Only a few hours later, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake destroyed nearly 90 percent of the city’s buildings.
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    Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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    There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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