A Lawmaker Tried To Get Americans To Eat Hippo Meat, AKA “Lake Bacon”

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

About this time in 1910, a member of Congress thought the next big food trend would be hippo meat. Plus: Williams Lake, British Columbia designates every January 2 as Wrestling Day, but it's not related to a sport. Lake Bacon: The Story of The Man Who Wanted Us to Eat Mississippi Hippos (The Daily Beast) A city in B.C. has an actual civic holiday called Wrestling Day (Vancouver Is Awesome) Help us create more hippo-themed episodes as a backer on Patreon

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