In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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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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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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