Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, blondes to brunettes.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.
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Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Over one million stray dogs live in the New York City metropolitan area.
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