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.

A dentist from Buffalo New York named Alfred P. Southwick invented the electric chair.

A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.

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