It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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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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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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