Of Rats and Men (2022)
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Jack Black's Rat Poison
The brown rat arrived in London sometime in the 1700s, and it quickly overtook the rats that were already there. There was really no barrier between London's sewers and the River Thames; you had an enormous cesspool. The first time I ever saw Mr. Black was at the corner of Hart Street, where he was exhibiting the rapid effects of his rat poison by placing some of it in the mouth of a living animal. That book influenced Charles Dickens and dozens of other writers and authors. And also my first encounter with Jack Black.
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