Japan's Edo period and the European Renaissance were seperated by hundreds of years. But in spite of that, there was a cat in Edo Japan who fit the definition of "renaissance man": the scholar, inventor, and artist known as Hiraga Gennai.
This is what happens when a cat builds 
up too much static electricity,
La estática hace esto a los gatos,
Isso é o que acontece quando um
gato junta muita energia estática,