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NYC discovers amazing new rat-fighting technology called "garbage cans with lids"

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 04, 2025
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White rats, cigarette card from Home pets series (1850-1959), by Godfrey Phillips Ltd. (Public Domain)

Good news, New York! Your endless war on rats has achieved its first tiny victory, and all it took was discovering what the rest of civilization figured out circa 1922: putting garbage in containers with lids, reports The Times of London.

Mayor Eric Adam…

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