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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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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