By April 1638 officially around 1,550 people, a fifth of the city’s population, had been consumed by the pestilence and buried in plague pits. In fact more died in an outbreak of bubonic plague ...

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My first story dates back to the late 19th century when the deadly bubonic plague ravaged the industrial port city of Bombay in India. It began in Yunnan province of China in 1855, spread to ...

10 – Excellent. 9 – Great. 8 – Very good. 7 – Good. 6 – Above average. 5 – Average. 4 – Below average. 3 – Bad. 2 – Terrible. 1 – Bubonic Plague-level atrocity; a sin against nature.