A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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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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