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Chicago's viral 'rat hole' wasn't a rat

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Chicago’s infamous ‘rat hole’ likely caused from another critter, researchers say
Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago’s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City’s weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn’t what you think. It wasn’t some back alley bar that served as a speakeasy for the city’s notorious gangster clientele or a tenement stuffed to the brim with junk.

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Famous ‘Rat Hole’ of Chicago was actually left by a squirrel
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Chicago’s Famous ‘Rat Hole’ Wasn’t Actually Made by a Rat, According to a Statistical Analysis
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Field Museum study shows human impact on chipmunks and voles in Chicago

Three stories above the Field Museum’s exhibits, rows and rows of taxidermied chipmunks filled a tray in the museum’s mammal archives. Pointing to two of the oldest critters, mammalogist ...
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Revealed: True origin of Chicago’s famous ‘Splatatouille’

As landmarks go, a rodent-shaped hole in a Chicago pavement is probably not the best of what the United States has to offer.
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Chicago’s rodents are evolving to handle city living

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and even new species over thousands or millions of years. But when living ...

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