Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?".

More Siberian tigers live in zoos than in the wild.

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