Elephants can swim – they use their trunk to breathe like a snorkel in deep water.

The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.

At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking.

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