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        pbjs.setConfig({ pageUrl: https://www.barstoolsports.com/video/3409487/i-hate-rats });</script><script src="https://d9rde3y35j061.cloudfront.net/script.js"></script><script src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" async></script><style>.union__content{font-family:-apple-system,HelveticaNeue,Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;color:#5a5b5d;word-wrap:break-word;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0 5px 32px 5px}.union__content p{padding:0;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content img{display:block;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content video{display:block!important;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content .articleAd{text-align:center;margin:16px 0 0 0;background-color:#f5f5f5}.union__content .htlad__container{display:inline-block}.union__content p a{color:#377dc4}.union__content .oembed__wrapper{margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){display:block;margin:16px 0 0 0;padding:4px 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podcast I do every week and I am trying desperately not to be ‘down the middle' with the topics I choose, so the <strong><em>Twisted History of Rats</em></strong> seemed like a logical option. </p><p>Here’s a taste of what we touch on:</p><p>- Rats that spread the deadliest plague to ever… well… plague mankind. </p><p>- Swarms of vermin that infested the trenches of World War I, and then almost overtook Leningrad in World War II. </p><p>- The fact that Chicago recently grabbed the title as <u>The Most Rat Infested City In America</u>, and the fact there are at least 4 rats to every person in the city of Paris. </p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/dd633eea.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/dd633eea.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>- An idiotic festival in Spain that stuffs dead rats into piñatas and an equally stupid festival in India where children are given dead rats as presents. </p><p>- We touch briefly on Tunnel Rats in Vietnam and finish up by giving a twisted theory about what the <em><strong>Rugrats</strong></em> were really all about.</p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/c46f111d.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/c46f111d.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>Rats, rats, rats, rats, rats, rats, RATS! </p><p>Give it a listen and take a report. </p><p>-Large</p><hr><p>The presenting sponsor for Twisted History is 3Chi, the industry leader in Delta 8 products such as vapes, brownies, gummies, oils, and a SHITLOAD more.</p><p>I never fly without it and it makes every movie better.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/nnW5JPf?_showcaption=true" href="https://www.3chi.com/?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_rats&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_rats"></a></div></div></div><p>If you are 21 or older, visit <a href="https://www.3chi.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3Chi.com</a> and use promo code HISTORY for a discount at checkout.</p><p>TAR</p><p>-L</p><p></p></body></html>

<p>But I just recorded a whole podcast on those filthy fucking animals. </p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/49147f24.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/49147f24.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p></p><p>We’re over 100 episodes into this history podcast I do every week and I am trying desperately not to be ‘down the middle' with the topics I choose, so the <strong><em>Twisted History of Rats</em></strong> seemed like a logical option. </p><p>Here’s a taste of what we touch on:</p><p>- Rats that spread the deadliest plague to ever… well… plague mankind. </p><p>- Swarms of vermin that infested the trenches of World War I, and then almost overtook Leningrad in World War II. </p><p>- The fact that Chicago recently grabbed the title as <u>The Most Rat Infested City In America</u>, and the fact there are at least 4 rats to every person in the city of Paris. </p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/dd633eea.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/dd633eea.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>- An idiotic festival in Spain that stuffs dead rats into piñatas and an equally stupid festival in India where children are given dead rats as presents. </p><p>- We touch briefly on Tunnel Rats in Vietnam and finish up by giving a twisted theory about what the <em><strong>Rugrats</strong></em> were really all about.</p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/c46f111d.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/03/11/c46f111d.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>Rats, rats, rats, rats, rats, rats, RATS! </p><p>Give it a listen and take a report. </p><p>-Large</p><hr><p>The presenting sponsor for Twisted History is 3Chi, the industry leader in Delta 8 products such as vapes, brownies, gummies, oils, and a SHITLOAD more.</p><p>I never fly without it and it makes every movie better.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/nnW5JPf?_showcaption=true" href="https://www.3chi.com/?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_rats&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_rats"></a></div></div></div><p>If you are 21 or older, visit <a href="https://www.3chi.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3Chi.com</a> and use promo code HISTORY for a discount at checkout.</p><p>TAR</p><p>-L</p><p></p>

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