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Little Lambs, Big Back Story (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Merino Mania and Lester Decline

Anna and Darren explain how softer Merino wool supplanted Leicester Longwool, leading to its U.S. extinction by the 1940s.

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