In case you missed it, International Cat Day was yesterday, which means if you didn’t treat your cat special yesterday, you better make up for it today. Then again, every day is International Cat Day in one form or another since cats control the human race anyway.

As part of International Cat Day, you might not know that the most expensive cat ever purchased was a Bengal cat named Cato, which London socialite Cindy Jackson bought for a reported $41,435 in 1998.

The world’s richest cat was Blackie in May 1988 when its owner Ben Rea, a millionaire antiques dealer in the U.K., left the feline $12.5 million.

To read more interesting facts about cats in general, click here.

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