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Rebecca, pet raccoon of Calvin Coolidge, was originally brought to the White House with the intention of being eaten at a Thanksgiving dinner. Was eating raccoons common among high society in 1920s America, and if so, when and why did it go out of fashion?

by /u/SpudNutimus in /r/AskHistorians

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