Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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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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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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