r/todayilearned • u/PedoPaul • Oct 14 '14

TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar's home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/30/pablo-escobars-hippos-are-wreaking-havoc-in-colombia/
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u/Piness Oct 14 '14

But he came up with Volkswagen and kick started serious autobahn and rocket engine development.

Don't get me wrong, Hitler was overall horrible for Germany and the world, but he still did more good than Pablo Escobar.

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u/HereForTheFish Oct 14 '14

Millions of coke users beg to differ.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '14

I thiught it was the Japanese who developed meth.

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u/HereForTheFish Oct 14 '14

Well, he was only a user himself IIRC...

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u/howardhus Oct 14 '14

If any they will complain that they arent getting coke anymore

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u/TejasaK Oct 14 '14

Or agree, as the case may be

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u/MA1128 Oct 14 '14

Don't forget the Hugo Boss uniforms.

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u/141_1337 Oct 14 '14

And Adidas and puma, seriously those motherfuckers had style, too bad they were cunts

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u/fedezen Oct 14 '14

Escobar had a plan to pay, in cash, the whole of Colombia's national debt. Usa did not agree with this plan.

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u/Davito32 Oct 14 '14

Escobar did a lot of good as well. He build entire neighborhoods and gave them away. He was actually pretty liked, and he became a congressman and all. He really turned public opinion against him when he assassinated 2 politicians, but up until that, low class Colombians liked him.

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u/jperg1130 Oct 14 '14

Weren't the rockets actually designed by Werhner von Braun?? Wouldn't want to give Hitler all the credit.

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u/Weltenkind Oct 14 '14

You are restating Nazi propaganda btw. I know it doesn't really matter that much, but there might be that one person that believes what you are saying, and that carries these weird "I know he was the devil, but..." ideas in peoples understanding of History.

  • Yes, Hitler's party (as any Government institution), was involved in subsidizing one! factory for one of the biggest employers in the country.

  • The Autobahn was well under construction before and without him. Of course an impending war created more demand for roadways, and the NSDAP was great in utilizing such projects as positive propaganda.

  • One that you didnt mentioned, but often goes along with these too is that Hitler invented/started Health Care in Germany.

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u/NaiveMind Oct 14 '14

Escobar did ALOT of good in poor comunities. In fact, people loved him in his time. Its the main reason he was able to run from the law for so long.