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Rhinoceros beetles can lift 850 times their own weight. Roosters lure hens by pretending they have food.
Rats make a 50 hertz chirping sound when playing. Rats aren't dirty, and will clean themselves up to 6 times a day.
Rhyming was originally a memory aid for storytellers. Rain contains vitamin B12.
Robber crabs climb to the top of palm trees to gather coconuts. The Romans invented food called 'tostum' which is latin for 'burning'. We call it 'toast'.
A Ruppel's vulture reached a record 37,000 ft altitude before being hit by an airplane.
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