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Rats flee a sinking ship before it goes down.

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REFUTED
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1 source for · 3 against

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Is it true that rats flee a sinking ship before it goes down?

No. The retrieved sources treat 'rats leaving a sinking ship' as a figurative idiom about people abandoning a failing place or organization, not as a description of literal rat behaviour. No source documents actual rats fleeing a sinking vessel.

Verdict: REFUTED · 1 source for, 3 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
RATS DESERTING A SINKING SHIP. (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 September 1900)
1900
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RATS DESERTING A SINKING SHIP. (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 September 1900). (1900). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19000919.2.22

Evidence against · 3
LIKE RATS LEAVING A SINKING SHIP definition | Cambridge English DictionaryFacebookInstagramXFacebookInstagramX
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LIKE RATS LEAVING A SINKING SHIP definition | Cambridge English DictionaryFacebookInstagramXFacebookInstagramX. (n.d.). dictionary.cambridge.org. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/like-rats-leaving-a-sinking-ship

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JAPANESE RATS FLEE (Evening Post, 31 March 1945)
1945
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JAPANESE RATS FLEE (Evening Post, 31 March 1945). (1945). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450331.2.54

Data Gathering for Decision Making by Presidents of State Colleges and Universities.
1969
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James, S. W. (1969). Data Gathering for Decision Making by Presidents of State Colleges and Universities.. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED032831

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