The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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