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Ah, rats! Researchers say some other critter likely created Chicago s rat hole sidewalk landmark

Ah, rats! Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City s weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn t what you think. It wasn t some back alley bar that served as a speakeasy for the city s notorious gangster clientele or a tenement stuffed to the brim with junk. It was actually a full-body impression of an unlucky critter that got trapped in wet sidewalk cement in the city s Roscoe Village neighborhood about 20 or 30 years ago. The imprint closely resembles...


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