Colombia by Mark Cybor https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia My BIG 3 en-us 2019-04-22 05:48:30 UTC 2024-06-23 06:25:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Tejo coolkyle46 https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia/wish/352993003
  • Colombia’s National Sport
  • Traditional throwing sport that involves throwing a projectile at a target
  • A tejo is a 4.5 lb puck
  • Thrown at a clay board at a 45 degree angle
  • Center of board is called a bocin
  • Perimeter of the bocin are gunpowder filled triangles called mechas

  • Object of the game is to either hit all the mechas or directly hit the bocin

    • ]]>     2019-04-22 05:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia/wish/352993003     Biodiversity coolkyle46 https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia/wish/352993320
  • Second highest diversity in the world
  • Around 56,000 different species are found in Colombia
  • More species of birds than any other country in the world
  • Home to many different ecosystems such as rain forest, savannah, fresh water, salt water, tundra, and desert


    • ]]>     2019-04-22 05:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia/wish/352993320     Pablo Escobar coolkyle46 https://padlet.com/coolkyle46/colombia/wish/352993427
  • World’s most famous drug lord and narcoterrorist
  • Considered to control 80% of the world’s cocaine distribution
  • Forbes listed him as the 7th richest man in 1989
  • His cocaine business generated $60 million per day ($20 billion per year)
  • At his death in 1993, his estimated net worth was $30,000,000,000
  • He His cartel is responsible for killing over 5,000 people. 1,800 were police officers

  • Colombian Task Force shot and killed Escobar on Dec. 2, 1993

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