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.

Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs.

Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.

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