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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

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Although some other theropods might have rivaled or exceeded Tyrannosaurus in size, it is still among the largest known land predators, with its estimated bite force being the largest among all terrestrial animals.

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There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.

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The Beagle came into prominence in the 1300s and 1400s during the days of King Henry VII of England. Elizabeth I was fond of Pocket Beagles, which were only 9" high.

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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

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In France, a five year old child can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar

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Your pup reaches his full size between 12 and 24 months.

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"You" is the second most spoken English word

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The `Golden Arches` of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.

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Hawaii is the only coffee producing state.

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There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

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The first time the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale was documented alive was late 2020.

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Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.

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Dogs have a third eyelid called a nictitating membrane, which helps to protect their eyes and keep them moist.

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Female dogs can get pregnant when their bodies undergo changes which make them receptive to male dogs. This is called being on heat or in estrus.

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Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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Upright, stiff, rapid tail movement is not wagging or "friendly" but indicates a dog who's rather excited and focused.

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The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

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In April 2024, Ichthyotitan severnensis was established as a valid shastasaurid taxon and is considered both the largest marine reptile ever discovered and the largest macropredator ever discovered.

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The kraken, as a subject of sailors' superstitions and mythos, was first described in a Norwegian glossary by Christen Jensøn in 1646.

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035 oz) at maturity, while the giant squid can exceed 10 metres (33 ft) in length and the colossal squid can weigh almost 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) or more, making them the largest living invertebrates.

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It is the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and the family Eurypharyngidae.

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The following sentence: `A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.` Contains the nine different pronunciations of "ough" in the English Language.

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It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.

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Many extant aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, with some species recognized as being hermaphroditic, a number of which are able to self-fertilise.

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The remaining two are not considered to be threatened with extinction, one of which, the flatback turtle, is found only in the waters of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.

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Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards.

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Botanist Robert Brown wrote the first detailed scientific description in 1814 although his work remained unpublished for 180 years.

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The average lifespan of a dog is 10-13 years.

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When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined "crab" as, "A small red fish, which walks backwards." This definition was sent with a number of others to the naturalist Cuvier for his approval. The scientist wrote back, "Your definition, gentlemen, would be perfect, only for three exceptions. The crab is not a fish, it is not red and it does not walk backwards."

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A `jiffy` is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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One hypothesis is that tornadic waterspouts sometimes pick up creatures such as fish or frogs and carry them for up to several miles.

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Pasta was originally only made with durum, although the definition has been expanded to include alternatives for a gluten-free diet, such as rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils.

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The six official languages of the U.N. are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

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Ten percent of the Russian government`s income comes from the sale of vodka.

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Dogs often bury bones so that they can dig them up at some moment in the future when they are hungry.

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The homes of the community are nestled amongst the steep, narrow private roads and footpaths that extend from the redwood groves and ferns along the creek, through the mixed live oak, bay, and madrone forests on the steep hillsides, up to the chaparral and knobcone pines that grow along the ridge.

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Daguerreotype was the first publicly available photographic process, widely used from the 1830s to 1850s.

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The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

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There are about 400 million dogs in the world.

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In 1920, after the incorporation of Transylvania, Bukovina, Bessarabia and parts of Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș, the Romanian state reached its largest peacetime geographical extent (295,049 km2).

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The oldest and most densely populated Druze communities exist in Mount Lebanon and in the south of Syria around Jabal al-Druze (literally the "Mountain of the Druze").

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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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The largest breed of dog is the Irish Wolfhound.

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Shazam first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb.

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40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

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The country code for Russia is "007".

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Dogs can make over 100 different sounds.

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Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic: a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese.

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It takes the stomach an hour to break down cows’ milk.

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Canada has had a permanent settlement on the island since 1832, when the lighthouse was first constructed.

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It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.

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The directorate is reputedly Russia's largest foreign intelligence agency, and is distinguished among its counterparts for its willingness to execute riskier "complicated, high stakes operations".

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More than 850 million people live in the Southern Hemisphere, representing around 10–12% of the total global human population.

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Widely considered one of the most influential psychologists of all time, Jung's work has fostered not only scholarship, but also popular interest.

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A German Shepherd named Orient accompanied her blind owner Bill Irwin as he became the first blind person to through-hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail in 1990.

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Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.

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The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10-watt light bulb

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One of Shakespeare’s most mischievous characters is Crab, the dog belonging to Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona. The word "watchdog" is first found in The Tempest.

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Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

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The earliest dog fossil dates back to nearly 10,000 B.C.

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All dogs can be traced back 40 million years ago to a weasel-like animal called the Miacis which dwelled in trees and dens. The Miacis later evolved into the Tomarctus, a direct forbear of the genus Canis, which includes the wolf and jackal as well as the dog.

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One in every 9000 people is an albino.

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The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.

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The coyote was sighted in eastern Panama (across the Panama Canal from their home range) for the first time in 2013.

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The order's evolutionary history is not well understood, though fossil records indicate many more species lived in the past than are currently living – at least twice as many.

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A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.

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Two stray dogs in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.

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The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

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Los Angeles` full name `El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula` is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation `L.A.`.

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Colloquially, the term "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale; it is used especially to describe any story that is not only untrue, but also could not possibly be true.

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It was first described by Alexander Wilson in 1812.

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Except in a small portion of southern Asia, it is the only species of "goshawk" in its range and it is thus often referred to, both officially and unofficially, as simply goshawk.

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The largest known extinct hyracoid, Titanohyrax ultimus, has been estimated to weigh 600–1,300 kilograms (1,300–2,900 lb), comparable to a water buffalo.

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Monophyodonts are animals that develop only one set of teeth, while diphyodonts grow an early set of deciduous teeth and a later set of permanent or "adult" teeth.

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The wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia.

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Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

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In 1906 she climbed Pinnacle Peak in the Nun Kun massif to an altitude of about 23,000 feet (7,000 m), setting a women's altitude record at the time.

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The first cat show was in 1871 at the Crystal Palace in London.

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For example, a verse on financial testimony notes that two women may be called as witnesses alongside one man "lest one of them errs, the other can remind her" (Quran 2:282), a passage scholars have read both as reflecting the social context of 7th-century Arabia and as a broader statement on women's reliability as witnesses.

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