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TIL Colombia has a hippo problem because drug lord Pablo Escobar's 4 pet hippos escaped after his death

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GYJxN TIL In 1964, 3 amateur jewel thieves stole $400,000 worth of jewels from the American Museum of Natural History. Using a glass cutter, duct tape, and a squeegee, they were able to take the world's largest sapphire, the world's most perfect ruby, and the largest black sapphire
N7brM TIL: Birdhouses shouldn't have a perch. - "Stay away from any birdhouse with a perch. Birds don't need them and they only make it easier for predators or unwanted birds to get in."
VM1mZ TIL: Dr. King's mother was also shot to death after him, while she was in Ebenezer Baptist Church
9Yk6Q TIL when the band The Verve received their first record company advance, singer Richard Ashcroft spent all of the money on having a piping hot lasagne delivered to his door every day until the cash ran out
9vP7 TIL the raptor’s barking noises in Jurassic Park were made using recordings of tortoises having sex.