A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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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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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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