You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: Failed photo attempt.View the full contextcatfacts (50)in #smartphonephotography • 6 years ago Tabby cats are thought to get their name from Attab, a district in Baghdad, now the capital of Iraq.
Baghdad hasn't been the capitol of Iraq since the US installed Saddam Hussein as dictator.
In 1888, more than 300,000 mummified cats were found an Egyptian cemetery. They were stripped of their wrappings and carted off to be used by farmers in England and the U.S. for fertilizer.
I already knew that one. Got any super rare facts?
omgdatbanhammer In 1987 cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.