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Birds have a body temperature of 41 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees higher than humans. Bees navigate by the sun.
A group of baboons is called a congress. Bees are as sensitive as sniffer dogs when finding explosives.
Irish monks led by Saint Brendan may have visited North America and the Bahamas 900 years before Columbus. Butterflies can fly thousands of kilometres.
Hennig Brand's fascination with urine led to his discovery of phosphorus. One species of bat is famous for it's fishing ability.
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