1. Lil Bub, officially Lil BUB, was an American celebrity cat known for her unique physical appearance.
17 Facts About Lil Bub
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Lil Bub's photos were first posted to Tumblr in November 2011, before taking off after being featured on the social news website Reddit.
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Lil Bub was the runt of her litter born to a feral mother.
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Lil Bub was born with several genetic mutations, had to be bottle-fed, and had difficulty being adopted.
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Lil Bub had an extreme form of feline dwarfism that caused her limbs and lower jaw to be quite small in comparison to the rest of her body.
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Lil Bub suffered from osteopetrosis for which she received medication.
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Lil Bub met Grumpy Cat at the second annual Internet Cat Video Film Festival.
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Lil Bub appeared on Good Morning America in August 2012.
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Lil Bub did a photoshoot with Bullett Magazine in October 2012.
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Lil Bub posed for a PETA campaign that encouraged people to spay and neuter their pets in 2013.
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Lil Bub appeared on Today and The View in April 2013.
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Lil Bub appeared in the YouTube Big Live Comedy Show with Jack McBrayer and the cast of Workaholics.
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Lil Bub appeared on an episode of Meme'd on The Pet Collective.
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Lil Bub makes an appearance in the film Nine Lives as the cat form of the film's main antagonist Ian Cox after he is hit by a car and his soul goes inside the cat's body.
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Capper and Eisner decided to make a full-length film after meeting Lil Bub and seeing the turnout of 10,000 people at the 2012 Internet Cat Video Film Festival in Minneapolis.
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The talk show format was made possible by having a subtitled Lil Bub edited with footage of her guests recorded separately.
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The episode ended with Lil Bub introducing the audience to Tabby's Place, a cat sanctuary for disadvantaged felines.