Drug Lord Hippos

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug lord the world has ever known. At the height of his power, he had a near-monopoly on cocaine trade in the United States. He had a peak inflation-adjusted net worth of $60 billion dollars. He was personally responsible for thousands of murders and dozens of acts of terrorism in Colombia. Today in Colombia, there are approximately 100 hippopotamuses roaming wild. What do these two things have to do with each other? Well, everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug lord the world has ever known.
0:04.0	At the height of his power he had a near monopoly on the cocaine trade in the United States.
0:08.0	He had a peak inflation-adjusted net worth of $60 billion.
0:12.0	He was personally responsible for thousands of murders
0:15.7	and dozens of acts of terrorism in Colombia. Today in Colombia there are
0:20.4	approximately 100 hippopotamuses roaming wild.
0:23.9	What do these two things have to do with each other? Well, everything.
0:28.4	Learn more about the cocaine hippopotamuses on this episode of Everything Everywhere
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1:38.0	click on the link in the world,
1:50.0	even though he's been dead for almost 30 years.
1:53.0	His organization, the Medellin cartel, was founded and led by him,
1:56.0	and at its peak he became the wealthiest criminal in world history.
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