In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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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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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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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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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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