In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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A dork is a whale's penis.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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