On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth.

The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit.

Other than London, Liverpool is the most filmed British city, and was used to film more than 140 films in 2002.

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