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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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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