Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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