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TIL of the sea pangolin, a deep-sea snail that lives in hydrothermal vents 1.5 miles underwater with crushing pressures and temperatures up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit. To survive, it has an outer armoured shell made of iron sulfide - the only known extant animal to have this property.

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