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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Latin: Apophthegmata Patrum Aegyptiorum; Greek: ἀποφθέγματα τῶν πατέρων, romanized: Apophthégmata tōn Patérōn [1] [2]) is the name given to various textual collections consisting of stories and sayings attributed to the Desert Fathers from approximately the 5th century AD.
The origin of the modern variation is unknown. It is found in an Irish newspaper from 1868: "They say curiosity killed a cat once." [2] An early printed reference to the actual phrase "Curiosity killed the cat" is in James Allan Mair's 1873 compendium A handbook of proverbs: English, Scottish, Irish, American, Shakesperean, and scriptural; and family mottoes, where it is listed as an Irish ...
MSNBC named Grumpy Cat 2012's most influential cat. [45] Grumpy Cat is one of a few select non-humans to receive one of The Wall Street Journal ' s signature stipple portraits. [55] Grumpy Cat won BuzzFeed's Meme of the Year Award at the 2013 Webby Awards. [56] [57] Grumpy Cat won first prize Golden Kitty at the second annual Internet Cat Video ...
Pete the Cat is a fictional cartoon cat created by American artist James Dean. The series started with four books illustrated by Dean and with text by Eric Litwin; since then, James Dean and his wife Kimberly Dean have written and illustrated the series of books.
Jocelyn Alice Wildenstein [1] (née Jocelyne Périsset; born 1945/1946) [2] is a Swiss socialite [3] known for her extensive cosmetic surgery, resulting in her catlike appearance; her 1999 high-profile divorce from billionaire art dealer and businessman Alec Wildenstein; [4] [5] and her extravagant lifestyle and subsequent bankruptcy filing.
In 2010, the Guinness World Records accepted a male purebred Maine Coon named "Stewie" as the "Longest Cat", measuring 48.5 in (123 cm) from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. Stewie died on February 4, 2013, from cancer at his home in Reno, Nevada , at age 8.
Howdy Doody himself was a freckle-faced boy marionette with 48 freckles, one for each state of the union at the time of his creation (up until January 3, 1959, when Alaska became the 49th state), and originally was voiced by Smith. [8]
The average lifespan of pet cats has risen in recent decades. In the early 1980s, it was about seven years, [167]: 33 [168] rising to 9.4 years in 1995 [167]: 33 and an average of about 13 years as of 2014 and 2023. [169] [170] Some cats have been reported as surviving into their 30s, [171] with the oldest known cat dying at a verified age of 38.