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TIL that Colombia has a massive Hippo problem because after Pablo Escobar died, his four pet Hippos escaped

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5YOdQ TIL about Rabbit Show Jumping, aka "Kaninhop", which is basically equestrian sports but scaled down for bunnies.
x640 Today I learned that there were plans to send Big Bird into space- aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ultimately the muppet was too large, and the educator slot was filled by Christa McAuliffe.
ow8R TIL: Couples that cuddle can become addicted to one another. Symptoms of withdraw can occur when apart as a result of the hormone oxytocin, “the cuddling drug.”
78ykb TIL there is a high school in New York City that is more selective than Stuyvesant
7rdgP TIL the architects of the 2005 de Young museum in San Francisco hoped the building’s copper facade would have turned green by now, like the Statue of Liberty, but new estimates give it 50 years.