Mice and rats can spread at least 35 different diseases to humans. These infections include salmonellosis, hantavirus, and rat-bite fever.
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The ten hottest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century.
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More than 99% of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct.
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A rat’s teeth can gnaw through lead sheeting and cinder block.
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Thomas Hargrove, a homicide archivist, estimates that there are over 2,000 serial killers at large right now.
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There are about 40 supervolcanoes around the world capable of claiming up to a billion lives…and we’re about 24,000 years overdue for an eruption.
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Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is a condition where someone seemingly healthy dies suddenly with no apparent cause of death.
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Botflies are a type of insect whose larvae burrow under your skin.
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Animals, including insects, were put on trial in Medieval Europe. The earliest record of an animal on trial is the execution of a pig in 1266 at Fontenay-aux-Roses.
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Some moths drink human blood.
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You swallow 1 to 2 cups of mucus every day.
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On average, you secrete 26 gallons of sweat into your bed per year.
