Scientists believe that the event leading to the extinction may have been a massive asteroid impact or huge volcanic activity. Events such as these could have blocked out sunlight and significantly changed the Earth's ecology.

Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period.

When an orange is shown in any of the "Godfather" movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.

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