Baseball saves Victorian rats from abuse

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paghat - 24 Apr 2005 03:35 GMT

Weird Rat Fact:

In New York city in the late 1800s, a popular & very cruel gambling sport
arose, involving inducing rats to fight one anothertot he death.

The rise of the popularity of baseball caused the rat-fight arenas to lose
their attendance.

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Joanne - 24 Apr 2005 03:58 GMT

> Weird Rat Fact:
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> The rise of the popularity of baseball caused the rat-fight arenas to lose
> their attendance.

Woohoo baseball!!!

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foo - 24 Apr 2005 04:54 GMT

> Weird Rat Fact:
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> The rise of the popularity of baseball caused the rat-fight arenas to lose
> their attendance.

But I bet the rats didn't take steroids...

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Mad-Biker - 25 Apr 2005 02:41 GMT

lets hope they dont combine the two and bring it back...

> Weird Rat Fact:
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> The rise of the popularity of baseball caused the rat-fight arenas to lose
> their attendance.

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Baseball saves Victorian rats from abuse