15 Mind-Blowing Cat Facts You Need To Know
10. A Cat Was Once An Alaskan Mayor
Have you ever thought about pursuing a career, only to tell yourself "hold on, there's no way I can do this, it's too hard"? You're all fooling yourself.
For a whole 20 years, an orange tabby cat known simply as Stubbs was the official mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska. In 1997, Lauri Stec, the general manager at Nagley's General Store, selected a kitten from a box full of unwanted and abandoned cats, using the name Stubbs due to the cat's lack of a tail. The residents of the small Alaskan village deemed no candidate was worthy enough to be their mayor, and instead opted to vote in Mayor Stubbs.
As you would imagine, the cat's reign went fairly well, that is until poor Stubbs had an interaction with an unleashed canine in 2012. The assault left Stubbs with a punctured lung, among other more minor injuries, but luckily no life-threatening damage was done to the feline. Mayor Stubbs would continue reigning over the people of Talkeetna for a further four years, before passing away in 2016 at the age of 20.
If a cat can become a mayor, then there's no reason as to why you reading this can't accomplish your own successful career.