The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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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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