Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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