A Dachshund (a.k.a. a sausage dog) was originally bred to hunt in low, narrow badger burrows. In fact, the term 'Dachshund' translates from German as 'badger dog'!

When a drone (a male honey bee) mates with a queen bee, its abdomen is ripped open during copulation and it dies soon after.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

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