PHShare ko lang some facts about The Famous Pablo Escobar nakaka-amaze kasi yung dami nang pera niya.
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- While the Escobar family was in hiding, Pablo's daughter, Manuela, got sick. To keep her warm, Escobar burned about 2 million dolllars.
- Escobar is said to have smuggled cocaine into plane tires. Depending on how much product pilots flew, the pilots could earn as much $500,000 per day.
- In an attempt to change the laws of extradition, Escobar offered to pay Colombia's debt - an estimated 10 billion dollars.
- Escobar spent around $2,500 a month on rubber bands used to hold his money.
- Escobar made the Forbes' billionaires list of the world's richest people seven years in a row beginning in 1987 and peaked at number seven in 1989.
- Escobar's business was so big and so scrutinized that in addition to planes, helicopters, cars, trucks, and boats, he even bought two submarines for transporting his cocaine into the United States.
- Despite his horrific business dealings, Escobar did fund a number of programs to help Colombia's poor residents. He gave money to churches and hospitals, established food programs, built parks and football stadiums, and created a barrio.
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