Squirrels often forget where they buried their nuts, resulting in hundreds of new trees growing every year.
NASA astronaut Gene Cernan wrote his daughter’s initials on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission. The initials “TDC” are still there, and will probably be for tens of thousands of years to come.
Sea horses also travel holding each other’s tails.
Wayne Allwine (the voice of Mickey Mouse) and Russi Taylor (the voice of Minnie Mouse) were actually married in real life.
Just like human fingerprints, dogs’ nose prints are never the same.
There’s a very adorable competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning—rabbit show jumping.
A penguin called Nils Olav was knighted by a Norwegian regiment visiting Scotland where the bird resides, becoming the first winged, black-and-white Sir.
Butterflies can actually taste with their tiny feet, as that’s where their sensors are.
Newborn pandas are as tiny as a stick of butter. Also, China owns all the pandas in the world—they just rent them out, for the “small” amount of US$1 million a year.
A group of hedgehogs is called a prickle.
Facebook developers originally wanted to name the “Like” button the “Awesome” button.
