Egypt lost an entire kingdom over a cat

The strangest battle in human history. 🤯 At the Battle of Pelusium (525 BC), the Persians didn't need better weapons to conquer Egypt — they just used cats as living shields. Because cats were sacred to the goddess Bastet, the Egyptians surrendered rather than harm a single whisker. 🐾🏛️
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