Let's be clear about one thing: the cat piano—a "musical" instrument played by forcing cats to meow—is not real. But people have been talking about it for over 400 years. Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit ...
When Philip II, the king of Spain, visited Brussels in 1549, he made a grand entrance, complete with wild animals and flames. Still, by all accounts, the most impressive part of his procession was an ...
A 19th-century engraving of the cat piano. Source: La Nature (1883) / CNAM Paris When Philip II, the king of Spain, visited Brussels in 1549, he made a grand entrance, complete with wild animals and ...