Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies.

Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes.

In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than 100 years before either moon was discovered.

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