The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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If you fake a laugh long enough, you'll actually start to laugh really hard.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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