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plus: prestige pets for prestigious people ONE CRACKED FACT | [View in Browser]( [logo]( [Winston Churchill Demanded Orange Cats, Into Perpetuity]( By: [RM Avatar] [Ryan Menezes]( • November 19, 2021 [11192021]( We asked readers about their pets—foolishly, since there's no possible way to choose the best one out of all the pics you sent us. Still, a few animals stood out to us. Nis S. showed us her dog Winston Furhill, while Gretchen B. and Russell J. both shared pics of orange cats with white paws. It reminded us of how the actual Winston Churchill had an orange cat with white paws. His secretary, Jock Colville, gave it to him for his 88th birthday, and Winston named it "Jock," which was either his way of honoring Colville or some kind of weird insult only he understood. There are many tales of the cat's antics, most unverifiable. He outlived Churchill, and some said that when the man died and lay in a coffin in his sealed bedroom, the cat managed to break in, saw the body, and then refused to enter the room ever again. One thing's certain, though: Churchill had a soft spot for the cat. He left his residence, Chartwell, to the National Trust, and he decreed that there must always "be a marmalade cat named Jock, with a white bib and four white socks, in comfortable residence" there. And so the National Trust made good on his demand. They've maintained the home for almost 70 years, and they've kept a series of cats with that description, all named Jock. The original Jock died in 1975, outliving his master by ten years, and the National Trust replaced him with Jock II. Jock III followed (a hunter, who often attacked the home's fish tank), then Jock IV, and then Jock V, who's still alive today. Since being the official cat of Chartwell is a tiring job, they retired the aging Jock V, and replaced him with Jock VI (also still alive today), and then Jock VII. Truly, the bond between Churchill and the cats is sacred and unbroken. We wish we could say the same for the bond between Churchill and Jock the man. We recently learned Jock Colville taped a secret interview years ago, divulging an affair Churchill had with one Viscountess Doris Castlerosse, aunt to actress Cara Delevingne. Incidentally, going by colorized photos, Doris Castlerosse had marmalade-colored hair ... For more famous people's pets, check out: - [7 Badass Animals Presidents Have Kept As Pets]( - [Lord Byron's Personal Pixar Movie]( - [The Queen Has Her Own Private (Creepy) Pet Cemetery]( Top image: [Peter Trimming]( [Daily Digest]( [13 Now-You-Know Facts About Ancient Egypt (They Didn’t Teach At School)]( [By Andrea Meno / November 19th, 2021]( [Winston Churchill Demanded Orange Cats, Into Perpetuity]( [By Ryan Menezes / November 19th, 2021]( [You'd Probably Hate Living Like a Billionaire]( [By Carly Tennes / November 18th, 2021]( ['Harry Potter's Plans To Keep J.K. Rowling Away]( [By JM McNab / November 18th, 2021]( [12 Scientific Findings We Just Learned This Week]( [By Shea / November 18th, 2021]( [READ MORE]( [fb]( [tw]( [yt]( [flipboard]( [insta png]( [tiktok png]( [ARTICLES]( | [PICTOFACTS]( | [Videos]( Literally media Ltd. 190 West St, Suite 17B, Brooklyn NY 11222 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2021 Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd. [Unsubscribe](