TIL that during the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie?a#Medieval_period_and_Renaissance



Submitted April 17, 2015 at 07:33PM by The_CT_Kid http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32x9ic/til_that_during_the_18th_century_you_could_pay/