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TIL In 1902, Lionel Walter Rothschild brought 6 Edible Dormice (Glis glis) back to Tring, England from Hungary. Some of the 6 escaped, breeding and growing to an estimated 10,000 mice in a 200 mile radius around Tring that are both an invasive species and protected species.

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