Gavi @gavi.org · Jun 27 The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, wiping out an estimated 50 million people in Europe in just 5 years during the 14th century. But what REALLY caused it to spread so far, so fast?
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It was the rats that spontaneously generated from piles of grain. It was incorrectly blamed on rats generated by moldy grain, who were actually responsible for planetarium laser shows (under-appreciated in those circumstances).
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