Word: tergitol
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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...desperation, the military declared outright war and drew up an extermination program. Crop-dusting airplanes and helicopters would douse the roosting birds with Tergitol S-9, a strong, biodegradable detergent that washes the oil from the birds' feathers. Without the oil, which helps to insulate them, the blackbirds would begin to die from the cold -if the temperature remained below about...
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