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The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

15 October 2025 at 07:01
A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

© Evan Jenkins for The New York Times

To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of scientists measured mammal specimens in museum collections.
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