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Pablo Escobar

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  Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on 1 December 1949 in Rio Negro, Antioquia. He was the third child of seven children and grew up in the neighboring city of Medellin. His father was a small farmer and his mother was a teacher. Escobar left high school in 1966 just before his 17th birthday, and two years later he returned to high school with his cousin Gustavo Gaviria. At this time, the hard life on the streets of Medellin had polished them into gangster bullies in the eyes of teachers. The two dropped out of school after more than a year, but Escobar, who did not give up, briefly became autonomous in Latin America by forging high school diplomas. Studied in college with the goal of becoming a criminal lawyer and politician, and eventually president, but had to give up because of lack of money. International drug routes. Escobar began his criminal career in 1966. Escobar is rumored to have started his criminal career with his gang by stealing tombstones, sandblasting their in...

Facts on magnets

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Fun Facts About Magnets Some magnets are found naturally in the earth. Lodestones are natural magnets made from a substance called magnetite. Other magnets are made from magnetic materials like steel, iron, nickel and cobalt. Magnets can also be made from copper and aluminum. Magnets can be found in many common household items such as telephones, computers, stereos, refrigerators, TV’s and VCR’s. Over 80% of all households in the US have magnets on their refrigerator. Are you displaying your kids artwork on your fridge right now? Some farmers give their cows a magnet to swallow. This small magnet attracts nails and wire a cow accidentally eats. Without the magnets, the metal would pass through the cow’s stomach and damage the cow’s other organs. Breakfast cereal often contains iron. Some cereals contain enough iron that it’s pieces are attracted to a magnet. Did you know that you can easily turn common items like paperclips and iron nails into a temporary magnets? A temporary magnet ac...

Best coincidences [Part-1]

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  1 Mark Twain's birth and death coincide with Halley's Co met . Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known more popularly by his nom de plume,  Mark Twain , was born in 1835, the same year that Halley's Comet made its first appearance. The comet made a second appearance in 1910, the year that Twain died, and the author, according to the  New York Times , famously predicted that the two events would coincide. He's quoted as saying, "The Almighty has said, no doubt, 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together." 2 Stephen Hawking shares his birth and death dates with Galileo and Einstein, respectively. Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author  Stephen Hawking  was famously born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death, and died on what would have been Einstein's 139th birthday. That said, the far more confounding question of statistical improbability surrounding Hawking's life was the fact that he ...