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.

January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time.

Los Angeles is the most polluted city in the USA.

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