Babies have been known to hiccup several hours before birth.
In some instances an unborn baby has cried loudly enough to be heard from 25 feet away.
The Egyptian plover has worked out a mutually satisfactory arrangement with the crocodile: the bird gets food and the crocodile gets service.
The plover rides on the crocodile's back and serves as a lookout, emitting shrill cries when danger seems imminent.
The plover also digs parasites out of the crocodile's back.
When the crocodile finishes its dinner, the big reptile opens up its mouth so that its small helper can hop inside, and pick its teeth clean of uneaten food.
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The Western madam known as Diamond-tooth Lil owed her nickname to a gold front tooth studded with a large diamond.
Immortalized by Mae West's portrayal in a movie called Diamond Lil, the Austrian-born madam accumulated husbands as easily as diamonds, she married eight times without bothering with the formality of a divorce.
The penknife with the greatest number of blades is the Year Knife, made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Ltd. of Sheffield, England.
Built in 1822 with 1,822 blades, the knife has continued to match the year, ever since.
The knife will finally run out of space for further blades in the year 2,000.
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