The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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