THIS IS WHERE RATS ORGINATED, AND HOW THEY ENTERED THE US!👇🏾 Rats, smallpox, pestilence! Filthy bigoted mfers!

Rats entered the United States as unintentional stowaways on European ships. Black rats arrived with early colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries, while brown rats (the common sewer rat) largely traveled in cargo holds and grain supplies—including those of British and Hessian troops during the Revolutionary War.