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.

In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.

The official state mammal of Texas is the armadillo.

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