Get ready to have your history books shredded and your world rocked: Scientists now suspect gerbils were the real villains in the Black Death — not rats

A new study finds that great gerbils in Asia, not rats, helped spread Europe’s black death and kill millions.

This is a bit of a game changer when it comes to history. 
I knew there was always something I really didn’t like about gerbils..

Get ready to have your history books shredded and your world rocked: Scientists now suspect gerbils were the real villains in the Black Death — not rats