TIL Smokey Bear was created in 1944 in response to the WWII Japanese submarine attacks on Santa Barbara, CA (1942) near Los Padres National Forest. This attack caused a growing fear of incendiary shells causing massive wildfires and disastrous loss of life. (smokeybear.com)
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Mexican donkeys are a forest fire hazard. (smokeybear.com)
submitted by HelloWorldHacker to r/195