A cat was the mayor of an Alaskan town for 20 years an orange tabby cat called Stubbs was the mayor of talkeetna, a small town in Alaska for 20 years, He had several uncontested elections and although he didn’t hold any legislative power, he was loved by locals and tourists alike.

The record for the longest cat ever is 48.5 inches domestic cats are usually considered to be quite small and dainty but did you know the world’s longest cat was a maine coon called Stewie, and was measured at 48.5 inches? Whereas, the record for the tallest cat belonged to Arcturus at a whopping 19.05 inches tall, Those are some big cats.

the richest cat in the world had £7 million The richest cat in the world is Blackie. When his millionaire owner passed away he refused to recognize his family in his will and instead gave his 7-million-pound fortune to Blackie!

Cats walk like camels and giraffes Have you ever noticed that cats walk like camels and giraffes? Their walking sequence is both right feet first, followed by both left feet, so they move half of their body forward at once. Camels and giraffes are the only other animals to walk this way.

isaac Newton invented the cat door The scientist is most famous for calculating gravity but it’s also believed that Isaac Newton invented the cat door. How Stuff Works writes that when Newton was working on his experiments at the University of Cambridge he was constantly interrupted by his cats scratching at the door. So he called the Cambridge carpenter to saw two holes in the door, one for the mother cat and one for her kittens! Apparently these holes can still be seen at the university today.

In 1963 a cat went to space maybe you have heard of monkeys and dogs in space but did you know that a cat braved the great unknown too? On October 18th 1963 Felicette, also known as ‘Astrocat’ was the first and only cat to go to space.

Ancient Egyptians would shave off their eyebrows when their cats died according to Ancient History Encyclopedia, Herodotus wrote in 440BC that when a pet cat died in Ancient Egyptian times the family members would shave off their eyebrows in mourning.

House cats share 95.6% of their genetic makeup with tigers A study discovered that our little house cats share 95.6% of their genetic makeup with tigers! They also share a lot of the same behaviours such as scent and urine marking, prey stalking and pouncing, so if you have a cat its 95.6% the same genetic makeup with tigersss!!!

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