The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
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7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.
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