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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood 

Two hearts pump blood through the gills and one through the body. Copper-based hemocyanin carries their oxygen and turns the blood blue.

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Sharks are older than trees

Sharks have patrolled the oceans for about 450 million years. The first trees appeared roughly 100 million years later — sharks predate Saturn's rings too.

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Wombats produce cube-shaped droppings

Their intestines have stretchy and stiff sections that mould waste into cubes — so it stays put on rocks and logs when marking territory.

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