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FUN FACTS: 1. **Octopuses have three hearts.** Two pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body. 2. **Cows have best friends.** Research shows that cows become stressed when separated from their best friends. 3. **Sea otters hold hands while sleeping** to prevent drifting apart and stay together with their preferred partner. 4. **Butterflies taste with their feet.** Their taste receptors are located on their feet, allowing them to taste their food by standing on it. 5. **Elephants can hear with their feet.** They pick up sub-sonic rumblings made by other elephants through the ground. 6. **Turtles can breathe through their butts.** Certain turtle species can absorb oxygen directly from the water through their cloacal cavity. 7. **A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."** These groups can consist of up to several hundred birds. 8. **Cats have a specialized collarbone (clavicle) that allows them to always land on their feet** when they fall, a phenomenon known as the "righting reflex." 9. **Penguins can leap 6 feet out of the water when returning to land.** This behavior is known as "porpoising." 10. **Honeybees can recognize human faces.** In a study, bees were trained to associate pictures of human faces with sugar treats and were able to remember and recognize the faces later. 11. **A snail can sleep for three years.** Certain species of snails require long periods of sleep to conserve energy for later activities. 12. **Dolphins have names for each other.** They call out specific whistles for individual dolphins, similar to humans using names. 13. **An octopus's brain is distributed throughout its body.** This allows its arms to perform complex tasks independently, even when severed. 14. **The mantis shrimp can strike with the force of a bullet.** Its claws can accelerate as quickly as a .22 caliber bullet, making it one of the most formidable predators in the sea. 15. **Koalas have fingerprints that are virtually indistinguishable from humans'.** Even under a microscope, it's difficult to tell them apart from human fingerprints. Historic Major Upsets - AI Generated Sports: USA vs. USSR, 1980 Olympics Ice Hockey (Miracle on Ice) Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson, 1990 Boxing Match Leicester City winning the English Premier League, 2015-2016 season Greece winning the UEFA Euro 2004 Football Championship Military Conflicts: Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (English longbowmen vs. French knights) Battle of Cannae, 216 BC (Hannibal's victory over Rome) The Vietnamese defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu, 1954 Politics: Harry Truman's presidential victory in 1948 Brexit Referendum, 2016 Donald Trump's presidential victory in 2016 Science and Technology: The Wright brothers' first powered flight in 1903, challenging scientific consensus on manned flight The success of SpaceX's Falcon 1 in 2008, as a private venture achieving orbit Culture and Media: The indie film "Parasite" winning the Best Picture Oscar in 2020, a non-English film winning for the first time The success of "Star Wars" in 1977, which was expected to fail by many industry insiders