The Black Plague was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, wiping out an estimated one-third of Europe’s population in just a few years during the 1300s. It spread quickly through trade routes, carried by fleas living on rats, and people at the time had no understanding of germs or how to stop it. Entire towns were devastated, families were destroyed within days, and the fear was constant because there was no real treatment or escape. It didn’t just kill people—it completely reshaped

A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain. #Australia #Farming #WesternAustralia #BBCNews