Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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