Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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