Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.


Trending today is something we’ve always taken for granted: the fact that cats really, really like fish. But why? Taking a deep dive, Victor learns that the modern housecat’s ancestors lived primarily in the deserts of the Middle East – so they would never have eaten fish, or evolved to enjoy fish. The fact that they do is kind of a coincidence. But imagine the very first cat who ever got a taste of one!

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