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.

98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

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