H I S T O R Y In 1961, these black cats lined up, ready to audition for a purr-fectly spooky role in a horror movie. 🐈‍⬛ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? Learn about the actual origin behind the black cat superstition: https://tinyurl.com/26rfbrvp #blackcats

Once upon a time, a dude called Pope Gregory IX hated cats A LOT, especially black cats. He considered them the "incarnation of Satan." He hated them so much that he instructed the Catholic Church's propaganda arm to demonize them to the public, which led to the mass slaughter of cats across Europe for decades. And what do you think happens when there are no cats around to chase after rats? Rats started having orgies. Their populations skyrocketed, spreading disease and making the black plague possible, killing an estimated 75 to 200 million people (according to the history books that are mostly fiction). And until today, black cats are associated with bad luck in the western world. The moral of the story is: all pandemics and plagues are manmade, and they're all orchestrated by those in power. And don't be a cat-hater, or else bad things will happen. 🐱🐈😸😹😺😻😼😽😾😿🙀 #BlackDeath #TheBlackDeath #BlackPlague #TheBlackPlague #Rats #Cats #BlackCats #PopeGregory #PopeGregoryIX #AnimalCruelty #GreatCatPurge #TheGreatCatPurge #CatPurge #CatHater #CatHaters Sources: https://is.gd/NcmFs5 https://is.gd/abBlou https://is.gd/CaTkWW https://is.gd/MiMlMJ