Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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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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Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs whenever possible!
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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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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