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TIL that in the 1840s, San Francisco a pair of stray dogs known as Bummer and Lazarus were such good rat catchers that they became famous in the city. Once, when a new dog catcher caught Lazarus, an angry mob formed. The city not only released him, but exempt both dogs from anti-stray laws.

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