Columbian drug-lord Pablo Escobar kept four Hippos in his estate before his death in 1993. Deemed too much hassle to move by authorities, his Hippos were left there and have since bred and escaped becoming an invasive species of Columbia.

Each rubber molecule is made of 65,000 individual atoms.

In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl.

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