Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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