Lisa found this one – – “Seven hundred years ago, millions of Europeans were wiped out by a disease we still don’t entirely understand. The Black Death might seem like a pretty open-and-shut case at this point: It was caused by plague-bearing fleas that hitched rides on the rats that infested a grim and grimy medieval world. The End. But that simplified version only makes sense if you overlook some important facts about how the plague (which still exists) operates today . . .”
http://boingboing.net/2013/04/08/shedding-light-on-the-black-de.html

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