Ancient Egyptians revered their feline companions so deeply that when a family pet cat died of natural causes, all the inhabitants of the house would shave off their own eyebrows in a dramatic display of mourning.

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Ancient Egyptians revered their feline companions so deeply that when a family pet cat died of natural causes, all the inhabitants of the house would shave off their own eyebrows in a dramatic display of mourning. They would then mummify the cat with precious oils, wrap it in fine linen, and place it in a dedicated cemetery alongside thousands of other mummified pets, complete with little bowls of milk for the afterlife. If anyone was caught accidentally or intentionally killing a cat, the punishment was immediate death by an angry mob, which frankly makes modern animal rights activists look incredibly tame. Shaving your face because your pet passed away is a level of emotional commitment that we have completely lost in modern society. It goes to show that human beings have been completely obsessed, subservient slaves to their cats for thousands of years, and the only difference now is that we post them on the internet instead of entombing them with gold