When you get a gift you don’t want, like a pack of underwear or socks, unless you really need them, it can be hard to hide ...

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Gayla Peevey, at age 10, recorded the holiday hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1953, leading to a successful ...

The post Take A Time Machine Back 60,000 Years, And You Might Meet Hippos On Your Journey Through Europe first on TwistedSifter. When you think of a hippo, you most likely think of African watering ...

In the 17th century BC, a group of Semitic origin took advantage of political divisions to seize power in Egypt. These Levantine lords were called the “Hyksos” and were longtime residents of ancient ...

To the modern observer, the hippopotamus might seem a curious creature - large and often languid in its watery habitat. However, in ancient Egypt, the hippo was regarded as one of the most ferocious ...

BBC footage shows male hippos fighting for dominance, sometimes for hours, in a brutal struggle for mating rights ...