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TIL There is a temple in India known as the Temple of Rats(Karni Mata Temple) where approximately 20,000 Rats(kābā) reside which are considered holy and treated with utmost care by devotees. Temple rules state that if you kill a Rat, you must replace it with a rat made of solid silver or gold.

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