Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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