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	Podcast:		Ridiculous History
	Episode:		California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:30:20
	Publish Date:		2019-03-26 15:38:45
	Description:		In 1918, as the planet was consumed by World War I, the government of California found itself combating an unexpected and catastrophic enemy: Ground squirrels. The rodents were wreaking havoc across the countryside, consuming crops left and right. State horticulture commissioner George H. Hecke proposed an unorthodox solution -- enlist schoolchildren in a statewide massacre of all ground squirrels. Oddly enough, it worked. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
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