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TIL that all hippopotamus in Colombia are descendants of hippopotamus brought in by Pablo Escobar, with their numbers ranging from 80 to 100s in Colombia.

by whatilearned March 29, 2023, 6:05 am

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TIL the largest cup of coffee ever was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia on 15 June 2019. The cup contained over 22,735 litres (6,000 US gal) of Arabic coffee.

by whatilearned November 6, 2022, 12:16 am

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TIL on Easter Island, the word for a stone axe is toki; among the New Zealand Maori, the word toki denotes an adze (similar to an axe); in the Mapuche language of Chile and Argentina, the word for a stone axe is toki; and further afield in Colombia, the Yurumanguí word for an axe is totoki.

by whatilearned October 6, 2022, 7:28 pm

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TIL the U.S. claims 4 disputed territories (against Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, and Marshall Islands), claims 5 inhabited territories, and 7 uninhabited territories. Residents are either non-citizen U.S. nationals or U.S. citizens with lesser rights.

by whatilearned September 11, 2022, 1:50 am

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TIL that in Colombia, some people still believe that if a person is bitten by a lantern fly, they will die unless they have sex within 24 hours

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 4:57 am

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Today I learned there are Hippos living in Colombia (South America) thanks to drug king pin Pablo Escobar.

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 2:54 pm

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TIL Carthage in Phoenician means “New City”. Cartagena (Spain) in Latin means “New Carthage”. Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) was named ‘de Indias’ as it was named after Cartagena (Spain)—it can be interpreted as “New Cartagena”. Therefore the city can basically be read as “New New New City”

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 6:27 pm

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TIL Colombia has a wild hippo problem, thanks to Pablo Escobar. Four of his pet hippos escaped following his death, and they’ve spent decades rapidly breeding, threatening humans and the environment

by whatilearned March 28, 2022, 10:10 pm

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TIL That out of the top four known most prolific serial killers, three came from Colombia.

by whatilearned February 6, 2022, 4:12 pm

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TIL Pablo Escobar’s hippos have multiplied to the point of being considered an Invasive Species in Colombia.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 10:17 pm

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TIL In a war torn small town in Colombia a public school was built with a bunker to protect children from firefights between armed groups.

by whatilearned September 6, 2021, 5:50 am

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TIL a man from Colombia developed non-human cancer from a tape worm living inside him.

by whatilearned July 22, 2021, 10:42 am

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