Trivia: Newton, Inventor of the Cat Flap

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Daily Trivia, Science & Tech on Nov 3, 2007 at 3:04 am

Isaac Newton purportedly invented the cat flap. He was said to put two cat flaps on his door, a large one and a small one, for his two pet cats.


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  1. Q
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 6:58 am

    Couldn’t the large cat flap have handled both cats?

  2. L
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Yeah, Q. I was wondering the same thing.

    Maybe Newton wasn’t as much of a genius as we all thought. :)

  3. Alex
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    THAT is why it was so funny!

    Like Einstein’s wife having to paint a large sign on his front door “Einstein Lives Here” so he knows which house to come back home from his walks! (maybe apocryphal, I’ve heard many variations of this story)

  4. JOI
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    The story is a urban (egghead) legend. I’ve read the same thing about Einstein and Freud.

  5. Q
    Nov 4th, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Freud- Sometimes a cat flap is just a cat flap.


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