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.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

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