• Skua@kbin.earth
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    12 hours ago

    For those who are, like me, confused about how the cat could belong to a man who died an entire human lifetime ago: the museum houses descendants of Hemingway’s childhood cat (and a bunch of other cats too). The website has a page about them that includes pictures of a few https://www.hemingwayhome.com/our-cats

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      2 hours ago

      This sent me down a rabbit hole where I learned PETA investigated the house. According to Wikipedia, even PETA said “What I found was a bunch of fat, happy and relaxed cats.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House

      That article also has another picture of a cat lounging on priceless historical artifacts.

      Their legal troubles with the USDA over these cats is an interesting read as well.