Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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