Would You Eat Hippo? - FREE PATREON PREVIEW

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An American meat shortage in 1910 caused people to get real desperate, real fast. Enter Louisiana Representative Robert F. Broussard, who proposed the American Hippo Bill, which would import hippos from Africa to be raised for food on Louisiana swamp ranches. Oh, what could have been. For this show and TWO additional ad-free episodes every week follow the link below.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content and weekly bonus episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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