LatestUnsinkable Sam, the cat said to survive three WWII sinkings, has a great story and thin evidence. What the naval records and the museum actually show.
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CuriositiesMedieval cats were never exterminated by the Church. Here is what Vox in Rama, the Ypres cat throwing…
LifestyleThe cats of the Colosseum are protected by Italian law and a 2001 Rome decree. Inside the feral…
Science & SpaceDo cats know their names? A Japanese study tested 77 cats and found they can tell their own…
CuriositiesShip's cats sailed with Vikings, Flinders and the Royal Navy until 1975. The real naval history of felines…
Internet CultureCat blogs ruled the web before social feeds arrived. From Usenet to Carnival of the Cats, Cute Overload…
Film & TVCat People (1942) cost RKO $135,000 and 18 shooting days, then redefined horror by never showing the monster.…
Books & ReadingCats in Japanese literature run from Soseki's nameless narrator to Murakami's missing strays. Here is the history, the…
LifestyleLibrary cats have been on the public payroll since 1868, from British Post Office mousers at a shilling…
Science & SpaceFélicette was the first cat in space, launched by France in 1963 on a Véronique rocket. Her 13-minute…
CuriositiesManeki-neko history: Japan's beckoning cat first appears in Edo records from 1852, not ancient myth. Paw meanings, colors,…
MusicSongs about cats, from Nina Simone's claymation jazz club to Radiohead's mongrel cat, plus the Italian tune that…
GamingCat simulator games look easy. They are not: quadruped rigs, contextual jumps, and a drone that exists only…
Memes & Internet HistoryCeiling Cat, Basement Cat and Caturday turned anonymous imageboard cat photos into a working folk religion. The real…
Internet CultureThe cat distribution system began as one TikTok in 2022. The real origin, the science of why strays…
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