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.

Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people.

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

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