Facts About Cats

Let’s face it. The internet is really just a cat-glorification machine. If you ever wanted to learn a bit of trivia about these perplexingly prolific pets, Mental Floss is here to help with a video detailing 36 cat facts.

Here are a few of my favorites:

The CIA trained a “spy cat” that cost $20 million, and let it loose in Russia. A taxi ran over the cat and killed it shortly thereafter.

Edison made the first cat video in 1894, and included boxing felines.

Mary Todd Lincoln once said that her husband’s hobbies included cats.

The British Government employs over 100,000 cats to keep mice populations under control.

The mayor the town of Talkeetna, Alaska is a cat. His name is Stubbs.

Hairballs were at one time thought to be a panacea, and some were even coated with gold.

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