I always wonder who compiles these sort of 'Didja Know' type pieces and if anyone bothers to check the facts ... from a piece about cats in the Record:

6. Among the world's greatest cat haters were Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Hitler.

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8. In ancient Rome, feline feces were believed to have healing powers. Beliefs like this could have caused the fall of the Empire.

... just enough to set the old noggin bogglin ...