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When did the incident happen when bounty on rats led people to farm rats?
Sorry for the title but don't know how to phrase it exactly.
I once read an article about a period (in France I think but I'm not sure) when the cities were growing and people strted to have issues ...
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Early instances of bacteriological warfare
Via The Straight Dope, I came across this page which claims that Lord Jeffrey Amherst, commander-in-chief of the Brits in America seriously considered distributing blankets infected with small-pox to ...
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1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - Experience
From the spring of 1918 to the early months of 1919, the Spanish flu
pandemic ravaged the world, killing an estimated 50 million to 100
million people. It came in three waves, with the last ...
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Plagues in Pre-European Americas?
Are there any historical accounts that those living in the Americas encountered a plague or plagues that proved to be as devastating on the population as that of the Bubonic (black) plague in Europe? ...
