There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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