You hear about the Chicago rat hole?

You hear about this thing?

No, what thing?

It was there in Roscoe Village, for decades,

some rat or maybe a squirrel had clearly fallen into wet cement and its imprint

was sitting there in the sidewalk for everyone to see but then early this year a

comedian tweeted a photo of the rat hole and it became a sensation it became a tourist

destination a mecca now dozens are paying their respect to the rat dubbed chimly

with coins alcohol flowers, flowers, and, of course, cheese.

There's been a proposal and an actual wedding there in the last week.

The rat hole became such a nuisance that the city had to get rid of it.

But don't worry. there are Chicago ratholes all over the world.

Venice is one of them. But you can't just lift Venice out of Italy because too many people are showing up to see it.

So instead, Venice has introduced attacks.

We're going to hear about it on Today Explained.

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