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A cat door, but contra the article, no actual cat flap. I believe that the cat flap was invented by Isaac Newton.
by TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
A cat door, but contra the article, no actual cat flap. I believe that the cat flap was invented by Isaac Newton.
- tromp 3y agoIt's still strange to call a hole in a door a cat door. Apparently it cannot be called a cat hole though [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathole
- saalweachter 3y agoNo, but it was still cathol-ic.
- akolbe 3y agoAstute observation, given that the cat hole clearly predated Henry VIII.
- saalweachter 3y agoI actually googled that just to make sure before making the pun.
- tbalsam 3y agoI come to HN to avoid comments that leave me brimming with anger.
- thsksbd 3y ago[flagged]
- akomtu 3y agoCat-holy-cs, or the ancient order of holy cats, that began in the ancient Egypt.
- ants_everywhere 3y agoI thought you were joking, but Wikipedia does mention a tradition that Newton invented the cat flap. They call it an urban legend though.
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoI learned the tale from Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books.
- akolbe 3y agoGiven the site's propensity for hoaxes I thought I had better check that the 1827 book cited there actually exists. ;) And lo and behold: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hVm4lHMT3VwC&pg=PA18 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hVm4lHMT3VwC&pg=PA18