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TIL in the 1950s, WHO sprayed DDT in Borneo to fight malaria, inadvertently killing cats. This led to a rat surge and outbreaks of typhus and plague. To counter this, the RAF parachuted 14,000 cats in "Operation Cat Drop."

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