Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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