A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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