stackyFACTSWhy get a dog when you can drag a crustacean across the Parisian cobblestones? The French writer claimed lobsters were the perfect pets because they don't bark and know the secrets of the deep, completely ignoring the fact that they can't survive on a sidewalk.
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Pope Leo X was gifted a rare, majestic white elephant named Hanno by the King of Portugal in 1514, and the pontiff immediately became obsessed with his…
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Giving your pet credit is taking modesty entirely too far. The German romantic author genuinely published a book framing his heavily opinionated, highly…
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Because guard dogs are terribly boring when you rule the Holy Roman Empire. He insisted on sharing his personal sleeping quarters with an untethered apex…
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When extreme wealth meets extreme boredom. The French aristocrat decided his pet turtle's shell was too basic, so he had it violently crusted in gold and…
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When walking a standard mammal simply isn't weird enough for your brand. The surrealist master casually paraded a giant anteater down the streets on a gold…
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Because French intellectuals absolutely refused to own normal animals. The cynical author adopted a completely ordinary pig, put a very nice collar on it, and…
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