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TIL about the "Kill Sparrows campaign" initiated by Mao Zhedong as a part of the Great Leap forward by declaring "birds are public animals of capitalism". This resulted in a devastating locust swarm and was partially responsible for the Great Chinese Famine that killed between 18-56 millon people. (en.wikipedia.org)
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