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Lake Bacon: The Story of The Man Who Wanted Us to Eat Mississippi Hippos

It’s What’s for Dinner

Nearly a century ago, three men waged a quixotic campaign to bring African hippos to the American dinner table that ended up on Capitol Hill.

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